Terrace: A broad channel, bench, or embankment constructed across the slope to intercept runoff and detain or channel it to protected outlets, thereby reducing erosion from agricultural areas.
terrace
A nearly level usually narrow plain bordering a river, lake or sea. Rivers sometimes are bordered by a number of terraces at different levels. There are also manmade terraces.
terric layer ...
Terrace
Dikes built along the contour of sloping farm land that hold runoff and sediment to reduce erosion.
Thermal Pollution ...
Kame terrace: A terrace of stratified sand and gravel deposited by streams between a glacier and an adjacent valley wall.
Kilowatt (kw): A unit of electrical power equal to 1000 watts or 1.341 horsepower.
Terraces in the Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plains.
A.) C.W. Cooke (1930)
B.) Colquhoun et al. (1969)
Figure Reproduced from:
Buol, S. W. (ed.) 1973. Soils of the Southern States and Puerto Rico. USDA Southern Cooperative Series Bulletin 174.
alluvial terrace
alluviation
alluvium Sediments, usually mineral or inorganic, deposited by running water.
channel metrics the measurements of height and width of the active channel, floodprone areas, and to the first terrace.
chemocline a density gradient, or pycnocline, owed to changing salt concentrations ...
Terrace - an embankment, or ridge, constructed across sloping soils on the contour or at a slight angle to the contour. The
terrace intercepts surface runoff so that water soaks into the soil or flows slowly to a prepared outlet.
Terraces are created by developing stepped layers down a hill which follow the contours of the land. From above, terraces look like a series of rings encircling a hill.
Management practices (such as nutrient management) or structural practices (such as terraces) designed to reduce the quantities of pollutants-- such as sediment, nitrogen, phosphorus, ...
 See also: Water, Soil, Sediment, Organic, Erosion
  
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