Expose Plug
Plug Technical Terms
Plug: A consolidated crater-filling of lava, the surrounding material of which has been largely removed by erosion leaving an isolated hill or knob. Compare – neck [volcanic]. SW & GG
Discover Plutonic
Plutonic Technical Terms
Plutonic: Pertaining to igneous rocks formed at great depth, but also including associated metamorphic rocks. GG
Remember Pluvial Lake
Pluvial Lake Technical Terms
Pluvial Lake: A lake formed in a period of exceptionally heavy rainfall; a lake formed in the Pleistocene Epoch during a time of glacial advance, and now either extinct (relict) or existing as a remnant (lake); e.g., Lake Bonneville. Compare - glacial lake, proglacial lake. GG
Remember Pocosin
Pocosin Technical Terms
Pocosin: A large wet area on broad, commonly a swamp, which occurs on nearly level interfluves in the Atlantic coastal plain with distinctive, native vegetation relative to adjacent areas. Soils may be either mineral or organic. A Native American term for "swamp on a hill." Compare - raised bog. RD
Remember Point Bar
Point Bar Technical Terms
Point Bar: Low, arcuate, subaerial ridges of sand developed adjacent to an inlet and formed by the lateral accretion or movement of the channel. Compare – sit. SSS
Discover Polygon
Polygon Technical Terms
Polygon: A type of patterned ground consisting of a closed, roughly equidimensional figure bounded by more or less straight sides; some sides may be irregular. Refer to patterned ground. Compare - High center polygon, low center polygon, ice wedge polygon, nonsorted polygon. NRC
Expose Pond
Pond Technical Terms
Pond: (a) A natural body of standing fresh water occupying a small surface depression, usually smaller than a lake and larger than a pool. (b) A small artificial body of water, used as a source of water. Compare - salt pond. GG