Sea potholes - Kaishokuoketsu

Japanese: 海食甌穴 - かいしょくおうけつ
Sea potholes - Kaishokuoketsu

...In Japan, the Nezame-no-doko potholes of the Kiso River, which developed on a riverbed of granite, and the Nagatoro potholes of the Arakawa River, which developed on a riverbed of schist, are famous. Potholes that form on the coast are also called sea-eroded potholes. Sea-eroded potholes have developed on the raised benches of Enoshima Coast in Kanagawa Prefecture. ...

*Some of the terminology that refers to "sea potholes" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…日本では花コウ岩の河床上に発達した木曾川の寝覚(ねざめ)ノ床の甌穴,片岩類の河床上に発達した荒川の長瀞(ながとろ)などが有名である。海岸にできる甌穴は海食甌穴とよぶこともある。神奈川県江の島海岸の隆起ベンチ上には海食甌穴が発達している。…

※「海食甌穴」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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