Pothole (landform)
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pothole-landform-290-4709290
title:
Pothole (landform)
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In Earth science, a pothole is a smooth, bowl-shaped or cylindrical hollow, generally deeper than wide, found carved into the rocky bed of a watercourse. Other names used for riverine potholes are pot, (stream) kettle, giant's kettle, evorsion, hollow, rock mill, churn hole, eddy mill, and kolk. Although somewhat related to a pothole in origin, a plunge pool is the deep depression in a stream bed at the base of a waterfall. It is created by the erosional forces of turbulence generated by water f
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description:
Natural bowl-shaped hollow carved into a streambed
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pothole_(landform)
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date modified:
2023-07-01T16:50:46Z
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