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  2. Bar grip - Wikipedia

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    Bar grip tyres, or 'NDT' (Non-Directional Tire) in US military parlance, are an early tyre tread pattern developed for off-road use. Bar grips are characterised by a solid rubber circumferential centre strip, with large solid cleat alternately to either side.

  3. Transverse Valleys - Wikipedia

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    The Transverse Valleys (Spanish: Valles transversales) are a group of transverse valleys in the semi-arid northern Chile. They run from east to west (traversing Chile), being among the most prominent geographical features in the regions they cross. [1] They are located in the Chilean regions of Valparaíso, Coquimbo, and Atacama.

  4. Braid bar - Wikipedia

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    Bar Initiation: The braid bar will form following a series of dune amalgamations. As sediments are deposited to form the braid bar, flow in the channel begins to diverge, with the braid bar acting as a wedge. This stage is associated with high flow in the braided river. Bar Growth: Dune amalgamation continues as an accretionary dune front is ...

  5. Bar (river morphology) - Wikipedia

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    Gravel bar in the American River, Washington, United States. A bar in a river is an elevated region of sediment (such as sand or gravel) that has been deposited by the flow. Types of bars include mid-channel bars (also called braid bars and common in braided rivers), point bars (common in meandering rivers), and mouth bars (common in river ...

  6. Fluvioglacial landform - Wikipedia

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    Near the glacier the outwash plain is composed of long bars of coarse gravel with very variable grain size, with a few large channels between the bars. Further away there are transverse bars and a web of many braided channels. The sediment now includes gravel and sand, and the grains are rounder due to sorting and abrasion.

  7. Strike and dip - Wikipedia

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    Strike and dip are generally written as 'strike/dip' or 'dip direction,dip', with the degree symbol typically omitted. The general alphabetical dip direction (N, SE, etc) can be added to reduce ambiguity. For a feature with a dip of 45° and a dip direction of 75°, the strike and dip can be written as 345/45 NE, 165/45 NE, or 075,45.

  8. Opinion: Fernando Valenzuela built Chavez Ravine legacy after ...

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    Strike years tend to have a dampening effect, sometimes lasting decades, on disgruntled fans. ... a biracial kid from the Valley vs. a white dude from Orange County, 818 vs. 714 in the 323, a ...

  9. Hook grip - Wikipedia

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    The hook grip is more secure than grips in which the thumb remains outside the other fingers, like the closed grip or the natural grip. During a snatch or clean, the lifter can exert forces up to 2-3 times the weight of the loaded barbell at rest, and the hook grip allows an athlete to maintain a grip on the bar during the phase of highest bar ...