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2. Bench (geology) - Wikipedia

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   Also, they include benches in the form of narrow strath terraces (st), fill terraces (ft), and cut terraces (ct) underlain by fluvial sediments. In geomorphology, geography and geology, a bench or benchland is a long, relatively narrow strip of relatively level or gently inclined land bounded by distinctly steeper slopes above and below it ...

3. Wave-cut platform - Wikipedia

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   A wave-cut platform, shore platform, coastal bench, or wave-cut cliff is the narrow flat area often found at the base of a sea cliff or along the shoreline of a lake, bay, or sea that was created by erosion. Wave-cut platforms are often most obvious at low tide when they become visible as huge areas of flat rock.

4. Glossary of landforms - Wikipedia

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   Structural bench – Long, relatively narrow land bounded by distinctly steeper slopes above and below; Structural terrace – A step-like landform; Tepui – Table-top mountain or mesa in the Guiana Highlands of South America; Tessellated pavement – Relatively flat rock surface that is subdivided into more or less regular shapes by fractures

5. Bench - Wikipedia

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   Bench (geology), a long, relatively narrow strip of relatively level or gently inclined land of differing origins that is bounded by distinctly steeper slopes above and below it Benches, steps cut into the side of open-pit mines

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7. White Pass and Yukon Route - Wikipedia

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   The narrow roadbed required by narrow gauge greatly reduced costs when the roadbed was blasted in solid rock. Even so, 450 tons of explosives were used to reach White Pass summit. The narrow gauge also permitted tighter radii to be used on curves, making the task easier by allowing the railroad to follow the landscape more, rather than having ...