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Roche moutonnée
In glaciology, a roche moutonnée (or sheepback) is a rock formation created by the passing of a glacier. Photo Collection A roche moutonnée, northern Abitibi, Québec, image from Geological Survey of Canada Canadian Landscapes Photo Collection A roche moutonnée wikipedia.org
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roche moutonnée
‖ roche moutonnée Physical Geogr. (rɔʃ mutɔne) [Fr., f. roche rock, roche n.1 + moutonnée moutonnée.] A bare rock outcrop which has been shaped by glacial erosion, characteristically smoothed and rounded by abrasion but often also displaying one side (the ‘downstream’ side) which is rougher and stee... Oxford English Dictionary
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Rosthwaite, Borrowdale
The town nestles underneath the How, a large roche moutonnée, with a smaller roche moutonnée being further to the west. wikipedia.org
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whaleback
whaleback (ˈhweɪlbæk) [f. whale n. + back n.] 1. An arched structure over the deck of a steamer; = turtle-back 1.1886 Times 20 Apr. 10/2 He was standing under the whaleback. 2. A kind of steam vessel having a spoon bow and the main decks covered in and rounded over, suggesting the back of a whale.18... Oxford English Dictionary
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moutonnée
‖ moutonnée, a. Geol. (mutɔne) Also in adapted form moutonnéed. [Fr. (in roche moutonnée), fem. pa. pple. of moutonner, f. mouton sheep: see mutton.] Rounded like a sheep's back: said of rocks that have been subjected to glacial action.1872 W. S. Symonds Rec. Rocks ii. 23 At a point close to the roa... Oxford English Dictionary
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Moutonnée Lake
Moutonnée Lake is a sub-glacial lake that lies within Moutonnee Valley, marginal to the George VI Ice Shelf, south of Ablation Point indenting the east As with nearby Ablation and Hodgson Lakes, Moutonnée receives large masses of ice from the adjacent George VI Ice Shelf in George VI Sound, making life wikipedia.org
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Trefignath
Before tombs The tomb is sited on a low ridge of rock, probably a roche moutonnée shaped by a moving ice-sheet. wikipedia.org
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lee side
lee side Also dial. lew side. [lee n.1] a. That side of any object which is turned away from the wind. Opposed to weather-side.1577–87 Holinshed Chron. III. 815/2 The Carrike was on the weather side, and the Regent on the lie side. 1609 C. Butler Fem. Mon. i. (1623) C iv, They fly alow by the ground... Oxford English Dictionary
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Alb (High Rhine)
The Bernau valley is a broad basin, characterized by moraines, marshy valleys, ravines, and Roche moutonnées. this section the road runs up to above the river and passes through five short tunnels drilled through the cliffs, giving it the nickname "Axenstraße wikipedia.org
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roche
▪ I. roche, n.1 Now dial. (rəʊtʃ) Forms: 3– roche (4 rooche), 4–7 roch, 5–6, 9 dial. rotch(e, 7 roach. [a. OF. roche, rocche (mod.F. roche), var. of rocque, roke rock n.1 Hence also MDu. roche, rotche, rotse (Du. and Fris. rots).] 1. A rock or cliff; a rocky height.c 1250 Gen. & Ex. 256 Til ihesus w... Oxford English Dictionary
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羊背石
参见 冰川地貌 参考 外部链接 A roche moutonnée and perched boulders, northeastern Manitoba, image from Geological Survey of Canada Canadian Landscapes Photo Collection Roche moutonnée, northern Abitibi, Québec, image from Geological Survey of Canada Canadian Landscapes Photo Collection Roche Moutonnée, Melville Peninsula wikipedia.org
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Nissedal
Nissedal’s terrain is characterized by roche moutonnée rock formations, mountains, valleys, forests, wetlands, and lakes. This preserve was expanded in 2005 and includes plateaus, roche moutonnée rock formations, valleys, swamps, along with forests of Wych-elm, Oak and Littleleaf wikipedia.org
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Gautefall
The long trail to Himmelriket ("Heavenly Kingdom") takes about one hour and leads to a roche moutonnée rock formation created by a glacier during the moutonnée rock formation Gautefall Nature Preserve, a temperate deciduous forest Lille Djupsånfjellet, a high mountain, nicknamed "Gautefallheia's Preikestolen wikipedia.org
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Glacial landform
Roche moutonnée Nunatak Depositional landforms Later, when the glaciers retreated leaving behind their freight of crushed rock and sand (glacial drift Further at Ivö Lake in Sweden weathered rock surfaces exposed by kaolin mining resemble roche moutonnée. wikipedia.org
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Mount Susitna
Susitna is a roche moutonnée, a landform created when a glacier flows over a resistant, topographically high, bedrock body, creating a smooth-sided and wikipedia.org
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