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differ only on the
steepness of
their backslopes and the
relative differences in the
inclination of
their backslopes and frontslopes.
These differences depend...
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cohesive definition such as hill-tops, shoulders, saddles,
foreslopes and
backslopes. Some
generic landform elements including: pits, peaks, channels, ridges...
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angular backslopes. Conversely, on the leeward, or southwest,
sides of the islands, the
terraces tend to have
narrower platforms and
gentler backslopes. On...
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slightly lowered and
reduced in
steepness by erosion. Dip
slopes form the
backslopes of cuestas,
homoclinal ridges, hogbacks, and flatirons. The frontslopes...
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Missouri and west-central and
southwestern Illinois on
upland ridgetops,
backslopes, and
benches adjacent to the
Missouri and
Mississippi rivers and their...
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differ only on the
steepness of
their backslopes and
relative differences in the
inclination of
their backslopes and frontslopes.
These differences depends...
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topped by
harder rock
Homoclinal ridge –
Ridge with a
moderate sloping backslope and
steeper frontslope Inselberg, also
known as Monadnock – Isolated,...
- (3.1 mi). The
entire area to the
southeast of
Montes Apenninus - its
backslopes - is
shaped by
ejecta deposited during the
violent uplift of the mountains...
- dry-loving species,
clings to the
barren edges of cliffs.
Cooler north facing backslopes tend to
support extensive stands of
eastern hemlock inters****d with...
- only
affected by
waves during exceptional high
tides or
severe storms.
backslope The part of the
profile of a
hillslope that
forms the steepest, typically...
