axial stream

axial stream
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Medical dictionary. 2011.

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  • axial stream —     a) The main stream of an intermontane valley, flowing in the deepest part of the valley and parallel to its longest dimension.     b) A stream that follows the axis of a syncline or anticline.    GG …   Glossary of landform and geologic terms

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  • basin-floor remnant —    (colloquial: western USA) A relatively flat, erosional remnant of any former landform of a basin floor that has been dissected following the incision of an axial stream.    FFP …   Glossary of landform and geologic terms

  • breaklands —    An assemblage of very steep (e.g. 60 90 %), high relief slopes flanking major rivers and streams in mountainous terrain that form the walls of a v shaped river valley. Breaklands are characterized by colluviated slopes of which the majority of …   Glossary of landform and geologic terms

  • dissected breaklands —    Very steep slopes flanking major rivers and streams in mountainous terrain and dominated by deeply incised, sub parallel to dendritic, chute like drainageways that occupy > 50 % of the ground surface. Dissected breakland slopes are… …   Glossary of landform and geologic terms

  • flood-plain playa —    A landform consisting of very low gradient, broad, barren, axial stream channel segments in an intermontane basin. It floods broadly and shallowly and is veneered with barren fine textured sediment that crusts. Commonly, a flood plain playa is …   Glossary of landform and geologic terms

  • valley floor —    A general term for the nearly level to gently sloping, lowest surface of a valley. Landforms include axial stream channels, the flood plain, flood plain steps, and, in some areas, low terrace surfaces.    Compare: flood plain landforms,… …   Glossary of landform and geologic terms

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