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Old Down, hamlet near Olveston and Tockington in South Gloucestershire, England; Otterham Down, village and a civil parish in north Cornwall, England; Overton Down, a long-term project in experimental archaeology in Wiltshire, England; Park Gate Down, stretch of chalk downland near Elham in East Kent, England
The Downs (ship anchorage), the sea area between Goodwin Sands and the East Kent coast The Downs, Bristol, a public open space in Bristol, England; North Downs, England, the counterpart of the South Downs.
Also narrow. A land or water passage that is confined or restricted by its narrow breadth, often a strait or a water gap. nation A stable community of people formed on the basis of a common geographic territory, language, economy, ethnicity, or psychological make-up as manifested in a common culture. national mapping agency A governmental agency which manages, produces, and publishes ...
Devil's Dyke, a dry valley in the South Downs. Downland, chalkland, chalk downs or just downs are areas of open chalk hills, such as the North Downs.This term is used to describe the characteristic landscape in southern England where chalk is exposed at the surface. [1]
Abîme – Geographical term referring to vertical shaft in caves; Abyssal fan – Underwater geological structures associated with large-scale sediment deposition; Abyssal plain – Flat area on the deep ocean floor; Ait – Islands found on the River Thames and its tributaries in England; Alluvial fan – Fan-shaped deposit of sediment
Glossary of geography terms may refer to: Glossary of geography terms (A–M) Glossary of geography terms (N–Z) This page was last edited on 25 ...
The term 'downs' is from Old English dūn, meaning 'hill'.The word acquired the sense of 'elevated rolling grassland' around the 14th century. [7] These hills are prefixed 'south' to distinguish them from another chalk escarpment, the North Downs, which runs roughly parallel to them about 30 mi (48 km) away on the northern edge of the Weald.
Also called Indianite. A mineral from the lime-rich end of the plagioclase group of minerals. Anorthites are usually silicates of calcium and aluminium occurring in some basic igneous rocks, typically those produced by the contact metamorphism of impure calcareous sediments. anticline An arched fold in which the layers usually dip away from the fold axis. Contrast syncline. aphanic Having the ...