单词 | natural depression |
释义 | natural depression (once / 190635 pages) n WORD FAMILY natural depression: natural depressions USAGE EXAMPLESThere was even talk of a summer resort called “Wildhorse Lake” - located around a natural depression where the wild horses would water, wrote Gantz. Washington Times(Mar 18, 2016) If the natural depressions are filled to capacity with seawater, the project can continuously provide hydroelectric energy for a little over nine days, Camus said. Reuters(Dec 04, 2015) The contours of the land, if followed, here show a natural depression that might easily have accommodated a body of water, forming a bay. Goolrick, John T., Historic Fredericksburg—The Story o...(2012) n a sunken or depressed geological formation Syn|Ant|Exp|Hypo|Hyper depression elevation, natural elevation a raised or elevated geological formation Nemea a valley in southeastern Greece where the Nemean Games were held Lowlands of Scotlandthe southern part of Scotland that is not mountainous Aristarchusa bright crater on the Moon Atacama Trencha depression in the floor of the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Chile Bougainville Trencha depression in the floor of the Pacific Ocean between New Guinea and the Solomon Islands Cataract Canyona tributary of the Grand Canyon Copernicusa conspicuous crater on the Moon Grand Canyonthe enormous gorge of the Colorado River in northern Arizona Great Rift Valley( geology) a depression in southwestern Asia and eastern Africa; extends from the valley of the Jordan River to Mozambique; marked by geological faults Japan Trencha depression in the floor of the Pacific Ocean to the northeast of Japan that reaches depths of 30,000 feet Loire Valleythe valley of the Loire River where many French wines originated Nares Deepa depression in the floor of the Atlantic Ocean to the north of Haiti and Puerto Rico Olduvai Gorgea gorge in northeastern Tanzania where anthropologists have found some of the earliest human remains San Fernando Valleya fertile valley in southern California to the north of Los Angeles; includes many residential communities San Joaquin Valleya vast valley in central California known for its rich farmland Shenandoah Valleya large valley between the Allegheny Mountains and the Blue Ridge Mountains in northern Virginia; site of numerous battles during the American Civil War basin a natural depression in the surface of the land often with a lake at the bottom of it bed, bottoma depression forming the ground under a body of water cratera bowl-shaped depression formed by the impact of a meteorite or bomb hole, hollowa depression hollowed out of solid matter lowlandlow level country sink, sinkhole, swallow holea depression in the ground communicating with a subterranean passage (especially in limestone) and formed by solution or by collapse of a cavern roof deep, oceanic abyss, trencha long steep-sided depression in the ocean floor trougha narrow depression (as in the earth or between ocean waves or in the ocean bed) vale, valleya long depression in the surface of the land that usually contains a river burrow, tunnela hole made by an animal, usually for shelter cirque, corrie, cwma steep-walled semicircular basin in a mountain; may contain a lake collectora crater that has collected cosmic material hitting the earth dalean open river valley (in a hilly area) glena narrow secluded valley (in the mountains) gopher holea hole in the ground made by gophers gullydeep ditch cut by running water (especially after a prolonged downpour) holler, hollowa small valley between mountains kettle, kettle hole(geology) a hollow (typically filled by a lake) that results from the melting of a mass of ice trapped in glacial deposits lake bed, lake bottomthe bottom of a lake landfilla low area that has been filled in lunar cratera crater on the Earth's Moon nullaha ravine or gully in southern Asia Davy Jones, Davy Jones's locker, ocean bottom, ocean floor, sea bottom, sea floor, seabedthe bottom of a sea or ocean cavity, pita sizeable hole (usually in the ground) chuckhole, potholea pit or hole produced by wear or weathering (especially in a road surface) rabbit burrow, rabbit holea hole in the ground as a nest made by wild rabbits ravinea deep narrow steep-sided valley (especially one formed by running water) rift valleya valley with steep sides; formed by a rift in the earth's crust river bottom, riverbeda channel occupied (or formerly occupied) by a river saltpana shallow basin in a desert region; contains salt and gypsum that was deposited by an evaporated salt lake creek bed, streambeda channel occupied (or formerly occupied) by a stream swalea low area (especially a marshy area between ridges) tidal basina basin that is full of water at high tide wormholehole made by a burrowing worm formation, geological formation (geology) the geological features of the earth |
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