uvale

Japanese: uvale
uvale

...In general, the more rainy an area, the higher the density of dolines. When a doline gradually develops and expands, connecting with neighboring dolines and forming a larger irregular depression, it is called an uvale. At the bottom of these depressions, impurities in the limestone (such as clay) accumulate as red residual soil called terra rossa.

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Japanese:

…一般に多雨地域ほどドリーネ密度は高い傾向がある。ドリーネがしだいに発達拡大して,隣のドリーネと連なり,さらに広い不整形の凹地となったものをウバーレuvaleという。 これらの凹地の底には,石灰岩中の不純物(粘土など)がテラ・ロッサと呼ばれる赤色の風化残留土となって集積する。…

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