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Nose slope (geomorphology)

  • conser36_wp
  • March 14, 2017March 14, 2017
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A geomorphic component of hills consisting of the projecting end (laterally convex area) of a hillside. The overland waterflow is predominantly divergent. Nose slopes consist dominantly of colluvium and slope-wash sediments (for example, slope alluvium). [Source: NRCS Glossary]

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