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    ultimately result in slope failure. Factors that can trigger slope failure include hydrologic events (such as intense or prolonged rainfall, rapid snowmelt, progressive...
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    Park Slope is a neighborhood in western Brooklyn, New York City, within the area once known as South Brooklyn. Park Slope is roughly bounded by Prospect...
    133 KB (14,093 words) - 13:33, 28 May 2024
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    In a slippery slope argument, a course of action is rejected because the slippery slope advocate believes it will lead to a chain reaction resulting in...
    24 KB (3,090 words) - 08:18, 17 May 2024
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    Scree (redirect from Scree slope)
    scree slope itself, however, there is generally good sorting of sediment by size: larger particles accumulate more rapidly at the bottom of the slope. Cementation...
    23 KB (2,807 words) - 23:27, 26 December 2023
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    Sioux Falls. It is located on the eastern slope of the Black Hills in western South Dakota and was named after Rapid Creek, where the settlement developed...
    61 KB (5,987 words) - 03:12, 30 May 2024
  • weather only a shallow narrow stream of water flows. But owing to its rapid slope it is liable in the rains to sudden and violent floods which cause frequent...
    3 KB (130 words) - 16:46, 1 May 2023
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    Rapid transit or mass rapid transit (MRT), also known as metro, is a type of high-capacity public transport that is generally built in urban areas. A...
    86 KB (9,173 words) - 23:15, 12 May 2024
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    Mass wasting (redirect from Slope movement)
    which involves little horizontal movement, and mass wasting by slope movement. Rapid mass wasting events, such as landslides, can be deadly and destructive...
    21 KB (2,449 words) - 14:43, 3 April 2024
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    or accelerate rapidly and cause disasters. Slope deformations are slow, distributed movements that can affect entire mountain slopes or portions of it...
    55 KB (6,402 words) - 00:03, 1 June 2024
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    say they have installed 650 systems worldwide. Slope cars are similar in some ways to personal rapid transit systems in that they offer on-demand service...
    32 KB (985 words) - 16:45, 20 April 2024
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    An avalanche is a rapid flow of snow down a slope, such as a hill or mountain. Avalanches can be triggered spontaneously, by factors such as increased...
    67 KB (7,444 words) - 20:54, 20 May 2024
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    Slope Day is an annual day of celebration held at Cornell University, historically held during the last day of regular undergraduate classes, though it...
    18 KB (2,003 words) - 10:38, 1 June 2024
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    avulsion is the rapid abandonment of a river channel and the formation of a new river channel. Avulsions occur as a result of channel slopes that are much...
    10 KB (1,342 words) - 05:09, 4 November 2023
  • through the use of an integrator. In its basic implementation, the dual-slope converter, the unknown input voltage is applied to the input of the integrator...
    29 KB (4,969 words) - 21:32, 30 April 2023
  • rapid or slower, intermittent flow-like movement of plastic, clayey earth." (Hungr et al.,2001) Speed: slow to rapid (>1.8 m/h) Type of slope: slope angle...
    41 KB (5,206 words) - 12:48, 9 May 2024
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    Rapid Transit Rail transport in Walt Disney Parks and Resorts Rapid transit systems using linear motor propulsion Roll way Schmid peoplemover Slope car...
    29 KB (3,057 words) - 06:26, 15 May 2024
  • Stream gradient (redirect from Stream slope)
    total length of the river or stream. A high gradient indicates a steep slope and rapid flow of water (i.e. more ability to erode); where as a low gradient...
    5 KB (645 words) - 21:58, 27 February 2024
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    stones are used. Between the 150- and 160-foot levels the inner walls rapidly slope outward, increasing the shaft well from 25 feet 1 inch square to 31 feet...
    145 KB (17,774 words) - 22:04, 31 May 2024
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    estate agency in 1998 by Anthony Lolli, when he opened the first Rapid Realty in Park Slope, Brooklyn. The company's first franchise opened in Bay Ridge,...
    7 KB (548 words) - 01:42, 8 January 2024
  • Thumbnail for Seasonal flows on warm Martian slopes
    Seasonal flows on warm Martian slopes (also called recurring slope lineae, recurrent slope lineae and RSL) are thought to be salty water flows occurring...
    31 KB (3,331 words) - 16:04, 1 January 2024
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