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Swales

Scope note

Use either for long, narrow land depressions, especially on shores and largely parallel to coastlines, or for narrow, valleylike features formed where two slopes intersect.

Term type

AAT

Getty AAT term number

3000132341

Equivalent Terms used

swale

Created

13yrs ago

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