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1. An unroofed, paved area immediately adjacent to a house, often overlooking a yard or garden. 2. Sloping ground that has been carved into flat, stair-like sections.
Ãâó: www.peakagents.ca/glossary/t4.htm
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1). Bench-like portions of a former flat river floodplain left at higher levels by the downcutting action of a river; alluvial terraces and river terraces are generally considered as synonymous.2). An artificially leveled field or series of fields made on sloping land.
Ãâó: www.knowledgebank.irri.org/glossary/Glossary/T.htm
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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.
Ãâó: www.nsc.org/ehc/glossar2.htm
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a series of flat platforms of soil on the side of a hill, rising one above the other.
Ãâó: www.hcs.ohio-state.edu/mg/manual/glossary.htm
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The elevated surface of an older floodplain into which a younger floodplain had cut down.
Ãâó: www.wwnorton.com/college/geo/earth2/glossary/t.htm
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