Chines appear at the outlet of small river valleys when a particular combination of geology, stream volume and coastal recession rate creates a knickpoint, usually starting at a waterfall at the cliff edge, that initiates rapid erosion and deepening of the stream bed into a gully leading down to the sea.

It was destroyed when the locks were dismantled during the first widening and deepening ( to sea level ) of the canal.

A series of changes began in the relative levels of the land and the sea which reduced the sea level and moved the coastline many kilometres offshore, causing rivers to cut down into their beds, lowering them towards the sea level, thus deepening the coastal gorges.

The elevation ranges from 500 to 1, 885 meters above sea level this landscape was shaped by erosion, gravity, rock falls, landslides, and tensional forces, faulting, folding and deepening of streams.

With sea surface temperatures above 86 ° F ( 30 ° C ), Barbara continued to intensify, although rapid deepening did not occur until it attained hurricane status on June 12.

Secondly, recognizing, that he could not have matched the width of the Peloponnesian phalanx ( even before the deepening the left flank ), he abandoned all attempts to do so.

With the lull in the fighting, and the onset of autumn rains, coupled with endless hills and deepening mud, Middleton's left knee, which had been uncomfortable for more than a year, was now becoming agonizing.

As a result of the differing positions on the question of Polish national independence the former Union of Polish Workers and the Second Proletariat left the PPS in 1893 establishing the SDKP, differences between the two parties deepening at the International Socialist Congress of August 1893 when the All-Polish delegation, led by Ignacy Daszyński of Galicia opposed seating Karski and Rosa Luxemburg now making her first appearance at an international gathering.

The anatomical snuffbox is a triangular deepening on the radial, dorsal aspect of the hand — at the level of the carpal bones, specifically, the scaphoid and trapezium bones forming the floor.

This ancient drainage system was destroyed by the first major glacier in the area, while at the same time deepening and enlarging the lowland allowing water to settle and form a lake.

Everyone hears at the same time makings listening to someone in a group a unifying act, deepening the feeling of community.

' It is customary to view young people's dating relationships and first relationships as puppy love or infatuation '; and if infatuation is both an early stage in a deepening sequence of love / attachment, and at the same time a potential stopping point, it is perhaps no surprise that it is a condition especially prevalent in the first, youthful explorations of the world of relationships.

In March 2002, the Port completed a deepening of the canal to 12 feet, the same depth as the GIWW, to better facilitate traffic between the two.

However, his deepening direct political involvement with the Zionist cause and an incident where he spoke publicly in favour of the formation of a Jewish state during his leave in Britain, caused his superiors in Palestine to remove him from command.

It is linked to excessive male hormones in women, thus symptoms may include acne, deepening of the voice, irregular menstrual periods, and the formation of a more masculine body shape.

Canyon widening and deepening was especially rapid for the gorges of the Green and Colorado Rivers, which were in part fed by glacier melt from the Rocky Mountains.

It is the gradual unfolding and deepening of this contradiction which creates the inner dialectic of the evolution of the mystery story.

An afterglow may appear above the highest clouds in the hour of deepening twilight, or reflected from the high snowfields in mountain regions long after sunset.

Due to failure to curb deepening unrest in the northern part of the country, Gambi was in July 2006 replaced with Bozizé ’ s old friend from the military academy, Jules Bernard Ouandé.

The Popular Unity platform included the nationalization of U. S. interests in Chile's major copper mines, the advancement of workers ' rights, deepening of the Chilean land reform, reorganization of the national economy into socialized, mixed, and private sectors, a foreign policy of " international solidarity " and national independence and a new institutional order ( the " people's state " or " poder popular "), including the institution of a unicameral congress.

: Fourth, the rich body of Halakhah and Aggadah and the later philosophic and mystical literature, all seeking to come closer to God's presence, are a precious resource for deepening the spiritual life of Israel and humankind.

The erosion is both downward, deepening the valley, and headward, extending the valley into the hillside.

The novel provides motivation and backstory to Snake and Hauk — both disillusioned war veterans — deepening their relationship that was only hinted at it in the film.

If a larger fire is necessary, the smith increases the air flowing into the fire as well as feeding and deepening the coke heart.

By 1917 Finland had experienced rapid population growth, industrialization, improvements in the economy and standard of living, and the rise of a comprehensive labor movement ; economic, social, and political divisions were deepening while the Finnish political system was in an unstable phase of democratization and modernization.

Both groups collaborated with the corresponding political forces in Russia, deepening the split in the nation.

Although the GAL had to agree to the deepening of the Elbe River, the construction of a new coal-fired power station and two road projects they had opposed, they also received some significant concessions from the CDU.

The world-wide recession, marked first by the Wall Street Crash of 1929, caused deepening economic hardships in Spain and the resignation of Primo de Rivera's government in 1930.

Duvalier's policies, designed to end the dominance of the mulatto elite over the nation's economic and political life, led to massive emigration of educated people, deepening Haiti's economic and social problems.

Genscher also was an active participant in the further development of the European Union, taking an active part in the Single European Act Treaty negotiations in the mid 1980s, as well as the joint publication of the Genscher-Colombo plan with Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs Emilio Colombo which advocated further integration and deepening of relations in the European Union towards a more federalist European State.

However, the devaluation of the Ringgit and the deepening recession caused him to create his own programme, based on protecting Malaysia from foreign investors and reinvigorating the economy through construction projects and the lowering of interest rates.

Kievan Rus ' is important for its introduction of a Slavic variant of the Eastern Orthodox religion, dramatically deepening a synthesis of Byzantine and Slavic cultures that defined Russian culture for the next thousand years.

Much money has been spent for land amelioration projects involving the installation of drainage pipes, the straightening and deepening of natural streams, the digging of drainage ditches, and the construction of polder dams.

The retaliation, which was intended to encourage a Lebanese government crackdown on Palestinian militants, instead polarized Lebanese society on the Palestinian question, deepening the divide between pro-and anti-Palestinian factions, with the Muslims leading the former grouping and Maronites primarily constituting the latter.

However, the sheer number of calculations required was too large to be completed without the use of computers, and the size of the grid and time steps led to unrealistic results in deepening systems.

Neil Kinnock's showing in the opinion polls dipped ; before Thatcher's resignation, Labour had been up to 10 points ahead of the Tories in the opinion polls ( an Ipsos MORI poll in April 1990 had actually shown Labour more than 20 points ahead of the Tories ), but many opinion polls were actually showing the Tories with more support than Labour, in spite of the deepening recession.

For Roman Catholics, Confirmation is a sacrament that " confirms " or " strengthens " ( the original meaning of the word " confirm ") the grace of Baptism, by conferring an increase and deepening of that grace.

The deepening of Gatun Lake and the raising of its maximum water level will also provide significant extra water storage capacity.

The most productive portion of arable land is that from sediments left by rivers and the sea in geological times.

As quoted from a Byzantine essay: " charged into the sea of the enemy soldiers, hitting left and right in a final act of defiance.

The Great Auk left the North Atlantic waters for land only in order to breed, even roosting at sea when not breeding.

* The Aquatic Uncle — A tale on the fact that at one stage in evolution animals left the sea and came to live on land.

Parts of the parish of St Clement in the south were previously below sea-level but the construction of a seawall and infilling of low land has probably left only a few pockets of land below mean sea level.

Only about two thousand soldiers were left on 17 March to cover the last sea transports.

Now Dönitz prohibited rescues ; survivors were to be left in the sea.

Panicked Portuguese left the country via plane, road and sea and had to leave behind all their assets, returning to Portugal where they became destitute and fell under the ridicule of the European Portuguese who saw their rehabilitation as a burden on the country's meagre resources.

The Northwest Passage represented a new route to the established trading nations of Asia, as in 1493 to defuse trade disputes, Pope Alexander VI split the discovered world in two between Spain and Portugal ; thus France, the Netherlands, and England were left without a sea route to Asia, either via Africa or South America, unless their ships defied the ban and explored such waters regardless ( they did, and the ban became unenforceable ).

( not the Canary Islands, as long accepted ) as suggested by the location of the six dots labelled the " FORTUNATA " islands near the left extreme of the blue sea of Ptolemy's map here reproduced.

** John Fairfax lands in Hollywood Beach, Florida near Miami and becomes the first person to row across an ocean solo, after 180 days spent at sea on board 25 ' ocean rowboat ' Britannia ' ( left Gran Canaria on January 20, 1969 ).

The unexpected demise of Frederick left the Crusader army under the command of the rivals Philip II of France and Richard I of England, who had traveled to Palestine separately by sea, and ultimately led to its dissolution.

Apparently many people left Caralis and founded a new town ( named Santa Igia ) in an area close to the Santa Gilla swamp on the west of Cagliari, but relatively distant from the sea.

This graph shows the rise in global sea level ( in millimeters ) measured by the NASA / CNES ocean altimeter mission TOPEX / Poseidon ( on the left ) and its follow-on mission Jason-1.

Once sea ice forms, salts are left out of the ice, a process known as brine exclusion.

Soon after he left school he had a strange experience while swimming in the sea.

The cave dwellings of the early inhabitants of Provence were regularly inundated by the rising sea or left far from the sea and swept away by erosion.

He therefore conceived that, originally, when the Euxine was an inland sea, its level had by this means become so much elevated that it burst its barrier near Byzantium, and formed a communication with the Propontis, and this partial drainage had already, he supposed, converted the left side into marshy ground, and that, at last, the whole would be choked up with soil.

Callicratidas ' ability to continue the war at sea was neatly sabotaged when Lysander returned all the cash in hand to Cyrus when he left office

The final papers from Peter before his death on 28 January made it clear to Bering that he should proceed to the Kamchatka peninsula, build one or two ships there, and, keeping the land on his left, sail northwards until the land turned westwards, making it clear that there existed sea between Asia and North America.

According to an outline, during the floods following the drowning of Númenor " the Bay of Belfalas was much filled at the east and south, so that Pelargir which had been only a few miles from the sea was left far inland ".

Because Fëanor had taken the ships and left the Noldor led by his half-brother on the west side of the sea, the royal houses of the Noldor were feuding, but Fingon son of Fingolfin, saved Maedhros, son of Fëanor, from Morgoth's imprisonment and the feud was settled.

So that no target would be left uncovered, four Regulus missiles had to be at sea at any given time.

The Normandie coast to the upper left is characterized by high, chalk cliffs, while the Brittany coast ( the peninsula to the left ) is highly indented where deep valleys were drowned by the sea, and the Biscay coast to the southwest is marked by flat, sandy beaches.