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esker
esker long, narrow, winding ridge of stratified sand-and-gravel drift . Eskers, many miles long and resembling abandoned railway embankments, occur in Scandinavia, Ireland, Scotland, and New England; they arose from deposition of sediment in the beds of streams flowing through or beneath glaciers.... Read more |
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reservoir
reservoir , storage tank or wholly or partly artificial lake for storing water. Building an embankment or dam to preserve a supply of water for irrigation is an ancient practice; India and Egypt have many old and large reservoirs. In building artificial lakes for a municipal water supply it is... Read more |
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mound
mound prehistoric earthwork erected over a burial place as a memorial or landmark, a defensive embankment, or a site for ceremonial or religious rites. Such structures are found in many parts of the world, but the name is applied in particular to those of North America, ascribed to a people known... Read more |
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levee
levee [Fr.,=raised], embankment built along a river to prevent flooding by high water. Levees are the oldest and the most extensively used method of flood control. They are constructed by piling earth on a surface that has been cleared of vegetation and leveled. From a broad base the levee... Read more |
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anthropogeomorphology
anthropogeomorphology Anthropogeomorphology is the study of the human role in creating landforms and modifying the operation of geomorphological processes such as weathering, erosion, and deposition. The range of the human impact on both forms and process is considerable, and there are very few... Read more |
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engineering geology
engineering geology Engineering geology is the application of principles and methods of geology to the purposes of civil engineering projects. Engineering geologists (i.e. those with a first degree in geology) and geotechnical engineers (i.e. those with a first degree in civil engineering) work... Read more |
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dam
dam barrier, commonly across a watercourse, to hold back water, often forming a reservoir or lake; dams are also sometimes used to control or contain rockslides, mudflows, and the like in regions where these are common. Dams are made of timber, rock, earth, masonry, or concrete or of combinations... Read more |
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hedge
hedge ornamental or protective barrier composed of shrubs or small trees growing in close rows. The plants may be allowed to grow naturally or may be trimmed to various heights and shapes (see topiary work ). In the temperate zone, thorny hedge plants include barberry, Osage orange, buckthorn, and... Read more |
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Scotland Yard
Scotland Yard headquarters of the London Metropolitan Police. The term is often used, popularly, to refer to one branch, the Criminal Investigation Department (CID). Named after a short street in London, the site of a palace used in the 12th cent. as a residence of visiting Scottish kings, it... Read more |
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Unilever
Unilever P.O. Box 68Unilever House200 Victoria EmbankmentLondon, EC4P 4BQUnited KingdomTelephone: (+44 20) 7822 5252Fax: (+44 20) 7822 5951Web site: http://www.unilever.com Public Company Incorporated: 1929 as Unilever Limited and Unilever N.V.Employees: 179,000Sales: EUR 39.64 billion... Read more |
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Hazlewood student dies in wreck: Collision with truck on Alabama 20 in...
...on Alabama 20. Michael Langham, 17, was...said his father, Michael Johnson. The other...flipped into a steep embankment, said Lawrence...have a good squad coming back this year...Childress said. "Michael was always loyal...last night at a ... |
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LSU baseball coasts to win in home opener
...off with a walk and coming around to score on...People put the ball in play and hit the...starting pitcher Michael Bonura (1-0...200 feet down an embankment. The bus driver...remember this is just a ball game."ULM pitcher...1994 to 2000 ... |
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5 die in 2nd big British train crash in 3 months
...sending six cars over an embankment into backyards. One...room. "I saw a bluish ball of flame just before...saw the whole thing coming down," he said...heavy mud on the steep embankment hampered operations...Junior Transport Minister Michael ... |
 "The Independent (London, England)")
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Football: Guppy punishes Chelsea Premiership: Chelsea 2 Leicester City 2;...
...stations along the Embankment en route to Stamford...s replacement, Michael Duberry, into a...With Marshall coming on, we felt it would...plays and thought Michael Duberry would give...goal only to see the ball lobbed over him once...other ... |
 "The Orlando Sentinel (Orlando, FL)")
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Scientist has devoted life to searching for first flower.
Byline: Michael McLeod GAINESVILLE, Fla...one side by an overgrown embankment. Its exhibits are gone...University for 24 years before coming to the University of Florida...weird-looking, golf-ball-size seeds around in his... |
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Marlins Pitchers Have Seen Better Days
...home runs by Alex Gonzalez. Michael Tejera threw a pitch into the...year. "We're very happy coming out with a split against this...couldn't get my breaking ball over for strikes. They just...camera booth above the grass embankment in center field. That ... |
 "Republican & Herald (Pottsville, PA)")
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Police Log, Sept. 7, 2010
...five pool cues, a set of billiard balls and other billiard equipment...road sign and traveling down an embankment, coming to rest in a ditch. After the...about 3 a.m. and was followed by Michael Paul Richards, 21, of Oneida... |
 "The Boston Globe (Boston, MA)")
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`It looked like a war zone' ; Tanker rollover forces 145 to flee in Everett...
...It looked like lava coming down Main Street," said...down a ramp and a grassy embankment toward Main Street. "It was like a big orange ball of flame," said Ann Sowardos...Everett Deputy Fire Chief Michael Ragucci, who directed firefighters... |
 "Bedfordshire Times & Citizen (Bedford, England)")
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[pounds sterling]100,000 donation swells hospital campaign's coffers.
...And here's what's coming soon The Bedford Hospitals...22, don your black ties and ball gowns for a dinner with dancing at The Swan Hotel on the Embankment. There are tickets left for...Andrew De Silva and conductor Michael Rose. Tickets are [pounds... |
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The Final Moments of a Flight to Disaster
...nose up 10 to 15 degrees, coming right at Butler, going like...Rent A Car building in a huge ball of fire. The jet apparently...The plane slammed into an embankment beside a railroad trestle 400...visiting friends in Michigan. Michael and Paula Cichan, ... |
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