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词汇 bajada
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Definition of bajada in English:

bajada

noun bəˈhɑːdəbəˈhädə
  • A broad slope of alluvial material at the foot of an escarpment.

    山麓冲积平原;宽阔斜坡

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The very presence of ironwoods along a bajada slope may increase bird diversity by 63 percent.
    • High-density scrubs are found on lower bajadas, sloping less than 1.5%, whereas low-density scrubs occur on upper bajadas sloping more than 3%.
    • Adjacent fans may merge to form a broad sloping surface, known as a bajada, at the foot of a mountain range.
    • The flood of January I was a recurrence of the process that built the Montrose-La Crescenta bajada slope and the Glendale fan.
    • Key distinguishing features are the presence of broadly horizontal erosion surfaces and overlying axial river alluvium inset into bajada deposits in the former case.
    • But the main barrier is the land itself, an expanse of sun-whitened, heat-hazed bajada telescoping the waist-high vegetation to nothing.
    • This tends to confirm that the bajada slope represents a major axis of species compositional change.
    • Tectonic uplands bordering active faults are usually drained by steep catchments feeding alluvial fans, adjacent examples of which coalesce to define continuous bajadas (base-of-slope deposits).
    • The closest major one to the south is Swallow Canyon, which features a large cottonwood grove out on the bajada (alluvial plain) in front of it.
    • They grade both northward and southward into coalesced alluvial fans forming the bajada that flanks the margins of the mountains.
    • Periodic downcutting in many Quaternary valley settings is witnessed by bajadas comprising ‘nested’ marginal fans, river-cut terraces and perched fan inset surfaces.
    • Ephemeral stream channels are organized hierarchically on the bajada slopes from the mountains to the valley bottoms.
    • All transects were located on the eastern bajada slope of Mount Summerford.
    • These relationships are best illustrated in the Palomas Basin where up to three intercalated axial fluvial ‘wedges’ bevel the prominent bajada along the active fault-bounded Caballo Mountains.
    • She hasn't looked at the scenic mountain range, valleys, bajadas, washes, and hills all around her.
    • Cercidium microphyllum, a green-stemmed, drought - deciduous tree 3 to 5 m high, is a dominant woody legume on rocky slopes and bajadas throughout the Sonoran Desert.
    Synonyms
    hill, hillside, hillock, bank, rise, escarpment, scarp

Origin

Mid 19th century: from Spanish, 'descent, slope'.

Definition of bajada in US English:

bajada

nounbəˈhädə
  • A broad slope of alluvial material at the foot of an escarpment or mountain.

    山麓冲积平原;宽阔斜坡

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Ephemeral stream channels are organized hierarchically on the bajada slopes from the mountains to the valley bottoms.
    • This tends to confirm that the bajada slope represents a major axis of species compositional change.
    • Adjacent fans may merge to form a broad sloping surface, known as a bajada, at the foot of a mountain range.
    • High-density scrubs are found on lower bajadas, sloping less than 1.5%, whereas low-density scrubs occur on upper bajadas sloping more than 3%.
    • Tectonic uplands bordering active faults are usually drained by steep catchments feeding alluvial fans, adjacent examples of which coalesce to define continuous bajadas (base-of-slope deposits).
    • They grade both northward and southward into coalesced alluvial fans forming the bajada that flanks the margins of the mountains.
    • But the main barrier is the land itself, an expanse of sun-whitened, heat-hazed bajada telescoping the waist-high vegetation to nothing.
    • The very presence of ironwoods along a bajada slope may increase bird diversity by 63 percent.
    • Cercidium microphyllum, a green-stemmed, drought - deciduous tree 3 to 5 m high, is a dominant woody legume on rocky slopes and bajadas throughout the Sonoran Desert.
    • She hasn't looked at the scenic mountain range, valleys, bajadas, washes, and hills all around her.
    • All transects were located on the eastern bajada slope of Mount Summerford.
    • Key distinguishing features are the presence of broadly horizontal erosion surfaces and overlying axial river alluvium inset into bajada deposits in the former case.
    • The closest major one to the south is Swallow Canyon, which features a large cottonwood grove out on the bajada (alluvial plain) in front of it.
    • These relationships are best illustrated in the Palomas Basin where up to three intercalated axial fluvial ‘wedges’ bevel the prominent bajada along the active fault-bounded Caballo Mountains.
    • Periodic downcutting in many Quaternary valley settings is witnessed by bajadas comprising ‘nested’ marginal fans, river-cut terraces and perched fan inset surfaces.
    • The flood of January I was a recurrence of the process that built the Montrose-La Crescenta bajada slope and the Glendale fan.
    Synonyms
    hill, hillside, hillock, bank, rise, escarpment, scarp

Origin

Mid 19th century: from Spanish, ‘descent, slope’.

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