| 单词 | meander belt |
| 释义 | > as lemmasmeander belt meander belt n. Physical Geography the area of a valley floor which lies within the outer banks of the meander loops of a river or stream. ΚΠ 1896 W. M. Davis in National Geographic Mag. 7 191 The Seine is a most vigorous river,..demanding an increased radius for every curve, and thus widening its meander belt. 1937 S. W. Wooldridge & R. S. Morgan Physical Basis Geogr. xii. 157 When newly developed it [sc. the flood-plain] will be coincident in width with the ‘meander belt’ of the stream. 1960 B. W. Sparks Geomorphol. (1986) (BNC) 305 The meanders themselves tend to develop laterally and the meander belt as a whole tends to migrate downstream. 1998 Bull. Geol. Soc. Amer. 110 433/1 Comparisons of soils formed on the three youngest Holocene Mississippi River meander belts..show that the soils record episodes of meander belt growth, abandonment, and relocation. < as lemmas |
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