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Plateau, extensive area of flat upland usually bounded by an escarpment on all sides but sometimes enclosed by mountains. The essential criteria for plateaus are low relative relief and some altitude. They are remarkably flat and can extend hundreds or e
Some writers have used the 100th west meridian as the eastern boundary, but a more precise one is the eastward-facing escarpments—the Balcones Escarpment in the far south and the Missouri Escarpment in the north—that run from Texas to North Dakota, generally somewhat east of the 100th mer...
Living at the surface of the water, either salt or fresh. Floating or swimming in the water, either at the surface or at any depth below it. Ingeologyandgeography, of or pertaining to the deep ocean; far from land. Marine; oceanic; of or inhabiting the deep or open sea: said of tho...
escarpment (ɪˈskɑːpmənt) n 1.(Physical Geography) a.the long continuous steep face of a ridge or plateau formed by erosion; scarp b.any steep slope, such as one resulting from faulting 2.(Fortifications) a steep artificial slope immediately in front of the rampart of a fortifi...
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3. (Physical Geography) the sloping side of any hollow in the ground, esp when bordering a river: the left bank of a river is on a spectator's left looking downstream. 4. (Physical Geography) a. an elevated section, rising to near the surface, of the bed of a sea, lake, or ...
An ESOP is a trust to which a company contributes shares of newly issued stock, shares the company has held in reserve, or the cash to buy shares on the open market. The shares go into individual accounts set up for employees who meet the plan's eligibility requirements. ...
(redirected from on this side of the grave)Also found in: Thesaurus, Medical, Encyclopedia. side (sīd) n. 1. Mathematics a. A line bounding a plane figure. b. A surface bounding a solid figure. 2. a. A surface of an object, especially a surface joining a top and bottom: the...