STREAM TERRACE
type: Concept
change note: 2013-04-01 09:11:22.0 [tbs1979] insert Definition (id: null text: Also known as fluvial terraces are elongated terraces that flank the sides of floodplains and fluvial valleys all over the world. They consist of a relatively level strip of land, called a “tread,” separated from either an adjacent floodplain, other fluvial terraces, or uplands by distinctly steeper strips of land called “risers.” These terraces lie parallel to and above the river channel and its floodplain. Because of the manner in which they form, fluvial terraces are underlain by fluvial sediments of highly variable thickness. language code: en);
change note: 2013-02-18 10:42:47.0 [tbs1979] Insert Concept add broader relation (STREAM TERRACE [74ce5e8a-038a-471e-a27a-be5b1f17b72f,82467] - FLUVIAL LANDFORMS [cb5193ab-2d7a-4b35-b7ec-f16ce78ae270,64131]);
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definition: Also known as fluvial terraces are elongated terraces that flank the sides of floodplains and fluvial valleys all over the world. They consist of a relatively level strip of land, called a “tread,” separated from either an adjacent floodplain, other fluvial terraces, or uplands by distinctly steeper strips of land called “risers.” These terraces lie parallel to and above the river channel and its floodplain. Because of the manner in which they form, fluvial terraces are underlain by fluvial sediments of highly variable thickness.

FLUVIAL LANDFORMS
type: Concept