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stream terrace [′strēm ‚ter·əs]

(geology)

One of a series of level surfaces on a stream valley flanking and parallel to a stream channel and above the stream level, representing the uneroded remnant of an abandoned floodplain or stream bed. Also known as river terrace.

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No references found			Over time, waves of immigrants made their way into Mississippi and began to utilize more local materials such as chert and other rock-type gravels from the Tuscaloosa Formation, Citronelle Formation, and pre-loess terrace deposits, and their derived units such as stream terraces and alluvium. Geology and geography by Journal of the Mississippi Academy of Sciences Draining of the lake and lowering base level allowed incision of the old lacustrine sediments by the ancestral Boise River, forming a stepped series of Quaternary stream terrace gravels that mark previous river base level stands (Othberg, 1994; Othberg and Stanford, 1992). Geology and Wine 11. Terroir of the Western Snake River Plain, Idaho, ... by Bitner, Ron / Geoscience Canada			Stream Capture stream channel stream cipher stream current stream day Stream Dynamics stream editor stream erosion stream feeder stream frequency stream function stream gage Stream Gradient stream load stream morphology Stream of Consciousness stream order stream piracy stream profile stream robbery stream segment stream shingle stream slope stream stage stream takeoff stream terrace stream tin stream transport Stream Tube stream-built terrace stream-channel form ratio stream-gradient ratio stream-length ratio stream-oriented stream-oriented file streambed Streamer streamer chamber streamflow streamflow routing streaming streaming audio streaming current streaming data streaming encoder streaming media streaming potential streaming radio streaming server Streaming SIMD Extensions streaming tape			Stream of consciousness (disambiguation) Stream of consciousness (disambiguation) stream of correspondence Stream of thought Stream of thought Stream of thoughts Stream of thoughts stream orchid stream order stream out stream out stream past Stream piracy Stream processor stream profile Stream Protection Zone Stream Reach Characterization and Evaluation Report Stream Reach Management: An Expert System Stream Reassembly Processor Stream Register File Stream Request Block Stream Reservation Protocol stream robbery stream segment stream shingle stream slope stream stage stream takeoff stream takeoff stream terrace Stream tin Stream tin stream transport stream tube Stream Valley Park Stream Visual Assessment Protocol Stream wheel Stream works Stream-Based Compression Stream-based Model Interchange Format Stream-Based Overlay Network Stream-Based Trace Compression stream-built terrace stream-channel form ratio Stream-Controlled Medium Access stream-gradient ratio stream-length ratio stream-of-consciousness stream-of-consciousness stream-oriented stream-oriented file Stream-Oriented Turbo Code streambed streambed streamed streamed streamed streamed Streamed media streamer

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