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AGGRADE Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster
The meaning of AGGRADE is to fill with detrital material. How to use aggrade in a sentence.
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aggrade - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
aggrade (third-person singular simple present aggrades, present participle aggrading, simple past and past participle aggraded).
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Aggradation - Wikipedia
Aggradation (or alluviation) in geology is the increase in land elevation, typically in a river system, due to the deposition of sediment.
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aggrade
aggrade, v. Geol. (əˈgreɪd) [f. ag- + grade, after degrade.] trans. To fill up (a river bed, valley, etc.) with detritus. Also intr., to build up by aggradation. (The opposite of degrade v. 6.) Hence aˈggraded, aˈggrading ppl. adjs.; also aggraˈdation, the process of raising a surface by the deposit...
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AGGRADE Definition & Meaning - Dictionary.com
Aggrade definition: to raise the grade or level of (a river valley, a stream bed, etc.) by depositing detritus, sediment, or the like.
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AGGRADE definition in American English - Collins Dictionary
to raise the grade or level of (a river valley, a stream bed, etc.) by depositing detritus, sediment, or the like
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Base level
When base levels are stable or rising rivers may aggrade. Rising base levels may also drown the lower courses of rivers creating rias.
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aggrade - VDict
Definition: "Aggrade" is a verb that means to build up or raise a level, usually by depositing sediment. It is often used in the context of rivers, ...
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Aggrade - definition of aggrade by The Free Dictionary
to raise the grade or level of (a river valley, a stream bed, etc.) by depositing detritus, sediment, or the like. Compare degrade. [1895–1900].
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Aggrade - Definition, Meaning & Synonyms - Vocabulary.com
build up to a level by depositing sediment.
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Aggrade Definition & Meaning - YourDictionary
Aggrade definition: To fill and raise the level of (the bed of a stream) by deposition of sediment.
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depositional
depositional, a. (ˌdiːpəˈzɪʃənəl) [f. deposition 8 + -al.] Of, relating to, or caused by deposition.1900 Geogr. Jrnl. XVI. 461 Subordinate or local systems of crust-strains..are concentrated along old depositional and structural limits. 1902 [see aggrade v.]. 1967 Oceanogr. & Marine Biol. V. 120 Fin...
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Palaeochannel
Formation
Paleochannels form when river channels aggrade and so deposit sediment on their bed.
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degradation
▪ I. degradation1 (dɛgrəˈdeɪʃən) [a. F. dégradation (14th c. in Hatzf.), ad. med.L. dēgradātiōn-em, n. of action f. dēgradāre, to degrade: see -ation.] The action of degrading. 1. Deposition from some rank, office, or position of honour as an act of punishment; esp. the depriving of an ecclesiastic ...
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Lake of Tunis
The lake continued to aggrade (an increase in land elevation, in this case of the lake bed, due to the deposition of sediment) during the 19th century.
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