Translation for '
scree' from English to French
NOUN | a scree | screes | |
SYNO | scree | talus |
NOUN article.ind sg | pl
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- Typical habitat type is shale or serpentine scree.
- Typical habitat is shale or serpentine scree.
- The Helan Shan pika lives among boulders and scree and makes its home deep in the crevices between stones.
- The researchers showed that reproductive females and juveniles preferentially used the central parts of scree areas, especially in the vicinity of scree junipers ("Juniperus communis"), whereas males and non-reproductive females were less discriminating and occupied rocky habitat in proportion to its availability.
- Scree Cove is a cove on the southwest side of the island.
- Attrition occurs when waves cause loose pieces of rock debris (scree) to collide with each other, grinding and chipping each other, progressively becoming smaller, smoother and rounder.
- From many angles the hill resembles a perfect cone of scree, though it is linked to the rest of the Red Hills by way of a bealach, the Bealach na Sgairde (pronounced "b'ya-loch na skaar-st'ya"), meaning the pass of scree.
- Found on the scree and tussock slopes of Mt Ruapehu.
- Fossils which may be seen in the limestone scree are bivalve, brachipod and echinoid.
- Shady, damp scree is the preferred habitat of the green alder ("Alnus alnobetula"), which often forms inextricable thickets and helps stabilize the scree on steep slopes with its roots.
- It flies over scree tundra and is diurnal.
- Scree running is the activity of running down a scree slope; which can be very quick, as the scree moves with the runner.
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