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hiiukirn

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Limnoloogia sõnastik

ID 459094 Last modified 26.03.2024
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Domain geomorphology
  • kõvadesse kivimitesse tugeva veekeerise ja selles pöörlevate kivide poolt uuristatud sümmeetriline süvend
  • a cylindrical hole bored in bedrock beneath a glacier by water falling through a deep moulin or by boulders rotating in the bed of a meltwater stream
  • trou cylindrique creusé dans la roche en place sous un glacier, par la chute de l'eau dans un moulin ou par la rotation des pierres dans un chenal d'eau de fonte
  • полусферическое углубление в скальных породах ледникового ложа или на борту долины сброса талых вод глубиной и поперечником более 10 м, образованное на месте сильного водоворота или у основания водопада
hiiukirn
giant's kettle preferred
pothole
giant's cauldron
moulin pothole
glacial pothole
marmite de géant preferred
cuvette
marmite
Riesentöpfe preferred
Gletschertöpfe

Word forms

Inflection Type 22e

hiiukirn hiiukirnud
hiiukirnu hiiukirnude
hiiukirnu hiiukirne ~ hiiukirnusid

Etymology

tõlkelaen
  • hiiukirn ( J. V. Veski 1925 )
    • Riesentopf

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