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Here are additional clues for each of the words in today's Mini Crossword. NYT Mini Across Hints. 1 Across: Chief Norse god — HINT: It starts with the letter "O"
A river terrace is composed of an abandoned surface, or tread, and the incised surface, or riser. [2] If you can date the age of the terrace tread, one can get an estimate of the age of abandonment of that surface, and the age of incision. A simple calculation of h 1 /t 1 can give the average rate of incision(r i), where h i = height of river ...
Here are additional clues for each of the words in today's Mini Crossword. NYT Mini Across Hints. 1 Across: Raygun or Moo Deng, in 2024 — HINT: It starts with the letter "M"
Sediments underlying fluvial terrace exposed in cutbanks along the Manú River, Peru. In geology, a terrace is a step-like landform. A terrace consists of a flat or gently sloping geomorphic surface, called a tread, that is typically bounded on one side by a steeper ascending slope, which is called a "riser" or "scarp".
USA TODAY’s Daily Crossword Puzzles Sudoku & Crossword Puzzle Answers This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: Crossword Blog & Answers for February 3, 2025 by Sally Hoelscher
The river at left has encountered a formation of erosion-resistant volcanic breccia, causing it to downcut more rapidly on the right, leaving terraces of different elevations. Paired and unpaired terraces: Terraces of the same elevation on opposite sides of either a stream or river are called paired terraces. They occur when it downcuts evenly ...
As mentioned, when a river rejuvenates, it gains more energy and erodes vertically to meet its new base level. A river terrace is the remains of an old floodplain at a higher elevation than the present one. It typically results from river rejuvenation with further rejuvenation able to form new terraces, resulting in a step like profile around a ...
Ait – Islands found on the River Thames and its tributaries in England; Alluvial fan – Fan-shaped deposit of sediment; Anabranch – A section of a river or stream that diverts from the main channel and rejoins it downstream. Arch – Arch-shaped natural rock formation; Archipelago – Collection of islands