Urstromtal
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈʊəstɹəʊmˌtɑːl/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Urstromtal is a noun meaning (geology) A broad glacial valley formed during an ice age by meltwater flowing roughly parallel to the ice margin.
Meaning
(geology) A broad glacial valley formed during an ice age by meltwater flowing roughly parallel to the ice margin.
Example Sentences
On the southern margin the plateau falls to a sandy outwash plain which merges into the zone of urstromtäler.
Certain deposits occur in the central areas of Poland, within the urstromtal of the river Vistula (Ochle deposit near Konin) and the urstromtal of the Notec river.
Thus the Ottomans moved to the Sea of Marmara, the Castilians down the westward flowing rivers from the Meseta to the Atlantic, the Austrians into the Pannonian basin and the Prussians eastwards along the urstromtal to the Oder.
This high urstromtal is drained in part by the Notec and Warta rivers; it varies greatly in width with basin-shaped widenings and narrow stretches between, but can be traced for an east-west distance of some 400 miles from the Vistula to the Elbe.
Word Forms
- urstromtals
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include stulm, strid, eskar, swale, strind, streamway.
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