stream terrace

stream terrace
   One, or a series of flat-topped landforms in a stream valley that flank and are parallel to the stream channel, originally formed by a previous stream level, and representing remnants of an abandoned flood plain, stream bed, or valley floor produced during a past state of fluvial erosion or deposition (i.e., currently very rarely or never flooded; inactive cut and fill and/or scour and fill processes). Erosional surfaces cut into bedrock and thinly mantled with stream deposits (alluvium) are called "strath terraces." Remnants of constructional valley floors thickly mantled with alluvium are called alluvial terraces.
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Glossary of landform and geologic terms. 2013.

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  • stream terrace — noun : one of a series of terraces cut usually out of solid rock by successive changes in the regimen of a stream from alluviation to downcutting called also river terrace; compare alluvial terrace …   Useful english dictionary

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  • terrace —    [ geomorphology ]    A step like surface, bordering a valley floor or shoreline, that represents the former position of a flood plain, or lake or sea shore. The term is usually applied to both the relatively flat summit surface (tread), cut or …   Glossary of landform and geologic terms

  • Terrace deposit — A terrace deposit is geological term for a flat platform of land created alongside of a river or sea, where, at some time in the past, the river has cut itself a deeper channel. The former floodplain of the river is therefore at a higher point… …   Wikipedia

  • strath terrace —    A type of stream terrace, formed as an erosional surface cut on bedrock and thinly mantled (e.g., < 3 m) with stream deposits (alluvium), commonly with a gravel lag deposit immediately above the bedrock.    SW & GG …   Glossary of landform and geologic terms

  • fluviomarine terrace —    A constructional coastal strip, sloping gently seaward and/or down valley, veneered or completely composed of fluviomarine deposits (typically silt, sand, fine gravel).    Compare: terrace, stream terrace, marine terrace.    SW …   Glossary of landform and geologic terms

  • alluvial terrace —    (not preferred)    refer to stream terrace …   Glossary of landform and geologic terms

  • river terrace — noun : stream terrace …   Useful english dictionary

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