| 单词 | raised beach |
| 释义 | > as lemmasraised beach raised beach n. Physical Geography a former beach situated above the present shoreline as a result of a relative fall in sea level. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > land > landscape > high land > ledge or terrace > [noun] > raised beach raised beach1831 batture1856 strand-line1910 1831 H. T. De la Beche Geol. Man. ii. 149 (heading) Raised beaches and masses of shells. 1863 A. C. Ramsay Physical Geol. & Geogr. Great Brit. (1878) i. 11 On all continents and on many large islands raised beaches occur. 1959 J. D. Clark Prehist. Southern Afr. vi. 164 The earliest Middle Stone Age is probably that associated with the 20-foot raised beach at Blind River, East London. 1999 R. Deakin Waterlog (2000) xxiii. 242 I made my camp in good time,..choosing a heathery level patch near one of the raised beaches that abound along this coast. < as lemmas |
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