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cut-off
cut-off(ox bow) A section of a river channel that no longer carries the main discharge. Its abandonment results from meander development associated with lateral channel migration across a flood-plain. Channel length is shortened by contact at the neck of a loop, the remainder of which becomes separated.
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MICHAEL ALLABY. "cut-off." A Dictionary of Ecology. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. 1 Jun. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. MICHAEL ALLABY. "cut-off." A Dictionary of Ecology. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. (June 1, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O14-cutoff.html MICHAEL ALLABY. "cut-off." A Dictionary of Ecology. 2004. Retrieved June 01, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O14-cutoff.html |
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cut-off
cut-off (ox bow) Section of a river channel that no longer carries the main discharge. Its abandonment results from meander development associated with lateral channel migration across a floodplain. Channel length is shortened by contact at the neck of a loop, which becomes a cut-off.
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AILSA ALLABY and MICHAEL ALLABY. "cut-off." A Dictionary of Earth Sciences. 1999. Encyclopedia.com. 1 Jun. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. AILSA ALLABY and MICHAEL ALLABY. "cut-off." A Dictionary of Earth Sciences. 1999. Encyclopedia.com. (June 1, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O13-cutoff.html AILSA ALLABY and MICHAEL ALLABY. "cut-off." A Dictionary of Earth Sciences. 1999. Retrieved June 01, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O13-cutoff.html |
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•lay-off, payoff, playoff
•show-off • Khrushchev • Gorbachev
•stand-off • Meyerhof • Cracow
•Schwarzkopf • Chekhov • Cherenkov
•take-off • kick-off • Kalashnikov
•Baryshnikov • Rimsky-Korsakov
•Kirchhoff • Karloff • Wolof • spin-off
•Rachmaninov • Ustinov • Godunov
•Stroganoff • Romanov • rip-off
•eavestrough • Sakharov • cut-off
•Molotov
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"cut-off." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. 1 Jun. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "cut-off." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. (June 1, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-cutoff.html "cut-off." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Retrieved June 01, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-cutoff.html |
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