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scree::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | talus |
| Type of | formation, geological formation |
Examples of scree
scree
Walker fell several hundred feet down a scree field and died from his injuries.
From the sltrib.com
A slippery scree path threads down to the psychedelically lovely Emerald Lakes.
From the nzherald.co.nz
We made the summit by 11 a.m. By climbing on ice and snow you avoid the scree.
From the ocregister.com
We climbed through a temperate rain forest, up a scree slope, and onto snowfields.
From the scientistatwork.blogs.nytimes.com
It was less than a mile later that I rolled my ankle on the scree and hurt my knee.
From the sacbee.com
Running over boulders and scree slopes, we raced mounting snow and growing darkness.
From the scientistatwork.blogs.nytimes.com
It also occurs inland beneath the rainforestcanopy, particularly on limestone scree.
From the en.wikipedia.org
There are portions of the trail that are dangerously steep on loose scree.
From the sltrib.com
Soon, though, the terrain steepened, with outcrops and tussocks hidden among the scree.
From the telegraph.co.uk
- Talus: a sloping mass of loose rocks at the base of a cliff
- Scree, also called talus, is a term given to an accumulation of broken rock fragments at the base of crags, mountain cliffs, or valley shoulders. Landforms associated with these materials are sometimes called scree slopes or talus piles. ...
- Loose stony debris on a slope; A slope of such material at the base of a cliff, etc; To flatten or level concrete, while still wet, and clear protruding stones and gravel from the surface; To traverse scree
- A slope of loose, large angular rocks broken away from the mountainside by freeze-thaw weathering.
- Highly angular rock pieces produced by freeze-thaw weathering and found at the base of a steep or vertical cliff face.
- Relatively unstable, sloping accumulation of small rock fragments, often at a cliff base. (see talus)
- A sheet of loose fragmental material lying at or near the base of a slope.
- The sort of stuff found on a talus slope...loose rocks, scrabbly, hard to get good footing on. Picky people, sticklers for detail will claim that scree is smaller than talus. All we know is that it's tough to walk on.
- A sloping mass of smallish rock fragments that have detached from the cliff you are about to climb and now lay strewn around the base. Don't think too long or too hard about this. Smaller than talus, it somewhat complicates your approach to the route.
