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SEAS |
Earth's surface |
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TOPSOIL |
Surface layer of earth |
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TERRENE |
The earth's surface; the earth. |
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MAGMA |
Molten rock from within Earth's surface |
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UNDERGROUND |
Beneath the surface of the earth. |
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EPICENTRES |
Points on earth's surface directly above earthquakes |
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DITCH |
Any long, narrow receptacle for water on the surface of the
earth. |
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CATACLYSM |
Any violent catastrophe, involving sudden and extensive
changes of the earth's surface. |
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PROJECTION |
Any method of representing the surface of the earth
upon a plane. |
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SUBSOIL |
The bed, or stratum, of earth which lies immediately
beneath the surface soil. |
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HYDROLOGY |
The science of water, its properties, phenomena, and
distribution over the earth's surface. |
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ISOTHERE |
A line connecting points on the earth's surface having
the same mean summer temperature. |
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EPIGENE |
Formed originating on the surface of the earth; -- opposed
to hypogene; as, epigene rocks. |
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AREA |
An extent of surface; a tract of the earth's surface; a
region; as, vast uncultivated areas. |
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CHAP |
A cleft, crack, or chink, as in the surface of the earth, or
in the skin. |
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MIST |
Visible watery vapor suspended in the atmosphere, at or near
the surface of the earth; fog. |
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ERECT |
Standing upright, with reference to the earth's surface, or
to the surface to which it is attached. |
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GROUND |
The surface of the earth; the outer crust of the globe, or
some indefinite portion of it. |
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HOMOEOZOIC |
Pertaining to, or including, similar forms or kinds of
life; as, homoeozoic belts on the earth's surface. |
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HYETOGRAPH |
A chart or graphic representation of the average
distribution of rain over the surface of the earth. |
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ISOHYETOSE |
Of or pertaining to lines connecting places on the
earth's surface which have a mean annual rainfall. |
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ISOGEOTHERM |
A line or curved surface passing beneath the earth's
surface through points having the same mean temperature. |
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ISOTHEROMBROSE |
A line connecting or marking points on the earth's
surface, which have the same mean summer rainfall. |
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ISOCHASM |
A line connecting places on the earth's surface at which
there is the same mean frequency of auroras. |
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SUBAERIAL |
Beneath the sky; in the open air; specifically (Geol.),
taking place on the earth's surface, as opposed to subaqueous. |