For Terrace we have terms and definitions in 6 topics. The topics are Agriculture, Anthromorphemics, Anthropology, Geologic, Hunting and Physical Geography.

Terrace (Agriculture)

A series of flat platforms of soil on the side of a hill, rising one above the other.

Terrace (Anthromorphemics)

A fluvial terrace is a remnant of an earlier flood-plain isolated by down-cutting of the river, resulting in a step-like series of "flats" and scarps. Beach terraces are old ocean or lake beaches isolated by lowered water levels.

Terrace (Anthropology)

A fluvial terrace is a remnant of an earlier flood-plain isolated by down-cutting of the river, resulting in a step-like series of "flats" and scarps. Beach terraces are old ocean or lake beaches isolated by lowered water levels.

Terrace (Geologic)

A long bench-like surface, often bordering a stream, lake, or sea.Level or near-level area of land, generally above a river or ocean and separated from it by a steeper slope. A river terrace is made by the river at some time in the past when the river flowed at a higher level. It A terrace may be made of river deposits such as gravel or sand, or it could be cut by the river on bedrock. A glacial terrace or outwash terrace is similar but is formed by a stream or river from a glacier upstream.

Terrace (Hunting)

A horizontal or nearly horizontal natural or artificial topographic feature interrupting a steeper slop, sometimes occurring in a series.

Terrace (Physical Geography)

An elevated surface above the existing level of a floodplain or shore that is created by stream or ocean wave erosion.

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