| 单词 | stone river |
| 释义 | > as lemmasstone river stone river n. a dense, stream-like accumulation of rocks and large stones occurring along a valley bottom or down a slope; esp. one of those in the Falkland Islands. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > structure of the earth > structural features > boulder, pebble, or stone formation > [noun] > rock glacier or stone river rockfall?1797 stone river1877 rock glacier1888 rock stream1905 stone run1906 rock river1920 1877 C. W. Thomson Atlantic II. iv. 246 At the mouth of the valley the section of the ‘stone river’ exposed by the sea is like that of a stone drain on a huge scale. 1894 J. Geikie Great Ice Age (ed. 3) xl. 723 I do not think there can be much doubt that the ‘stone-rivers’ of the Falkland Islands are of the same nature and origin as the rubble-drifts already described in connection with the glacial phenomena of Europe. 1956 W. Edwards in D. L. Linton Sheffield 20 Newer Drift... This is well developed on the hillsides in the Millstone Grit country—for example, on Burbage Moor..—its content of large gritstone blocks betraying its presence, especially where these are concentrated in ‘stone-rivers’. 1969 C. Ollier Weathering xii. 214 Block-streams (stone rivers) also have sharp edged and angular blocks, and occur in the same areas as blockfields. < as lemmas |
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