rainwash

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rainwash [′rān‚wäsh]

(geology)

The washing away of loose surface material by rainwater after it has reached the ground but before it has been concentrated into definite streams.

Material transported and accumulated, or washed away, by rainwater.

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No references found			1987) Litter dams and microterraces formed on hillslopes subject to rainwash in the Sydney Basin, Australia. Wood-ash stone in Angophora costata (Gaertn.) J.Britt. following ... by Humphreys, Geoff S.; Raven, Mark D.; Field, Russell J. / Australian Forestry Humphreys GS, Mitchell PB (1983) A preliminary assessment of the role of bioturbation and rainwash on sandstone hillslopes in the Sydney Basin. Predicting sheetwash and rill erosion over the Australian continent by Lu, Hua; Prosser, Ian P.; Moran, Chris J.; Gallant, John C.; Priestley, Graeme; Stevenson, Janelle G / Australian Journal of Soil Research Biomixing may also develop an earthy fabric and, in conjunction with rainwash, may also lead to the coarsening in textures at the near surface (Paton et al. Age of loess deposits in the Central Tablelands of New South Wales by Hesse, Paul P.; Humpreys, Geoff S.; Smith, Barton L.; Campbell, James; Peterson, Elizabeth K. / Australian Journal of Soil Research			Rainey, Joseph Hayne Rainey, Ma rainfall rainfall frequency rainfall intensity rainfall inversion rainfall penetration rainfall regime rainforest Rainforest Action Network rainforest climate Rainforest World Music Festival Rainier Rainier III Rainier, Mount raininess Rainis, Janis rainmaking Rainolds, John Rainov, Bogomil Nikolaev rainproof rainproof fabric Rains County rainsquall raintight rainwash rainwater rainwater conductor rainwater conductor head rainwater head rainwater hopper rainwater hopper head rainwater pipe rainwater shoe Rainwater, James Rainwater, Leo James rainy climate Rainy Lake rainy season Raion Raipur Rais Rais Effendi Rais, Gilles de Laval, seigneur de Rais, Karel Vaclav Rais, Karel Václav Raisa Akhmatova Raisa Butenko Raisa Georgievna Butenko Raisa Mikhailovna Sergienko Raisa Sergienko			rains rains rains rains rains cats and dogs rains cats and dogs Rains County Rains County, Texas Rains County, TX Rains High School rains on parade rains on parade rains stair rods rains stair rods Rainshadow Rainshadow Rainshadow effect Rainshadow effect rainspout rainsquall rainsquall Rainstick rainstorm rainstorm rainstorms rainswept raintight raintight raintight raintight rainwash rainwater rainwater Rainwater Collection for the Mechanically Challenged rainwater conductor rainwater conductor rainwater conductor head Rainwater Harvesting and Management Rainwater Harvesting Association Rainwater Harvesting Association of Malawi Rainwater Harvesting Association of Tanzania Rainwater Harvesting System rainwater head rainwater hopper rainwater hopper head Rainwater Management Solutions Rainwater Pipe Rainwater Pipe Rainwater Pipe rainwater shoe Rainwater Storage and Infiltration Technology Rainwater tank Rainwater, James Rainwater, Leo James rainwear Rainworm Rainworm Rainworm rainworms rainy rainy

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