Collection of broken rock fragments at the base of crags, mountain cliffs etc, that has accumulated through periodic rockfall.
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Examples for "talus "
Examples for "talus "
1 This is one route that won't be joining the talus anytime soon.
2 They felt versatile scrambling through talus approaches and on sloping sandstone descents.
3 The shifting talus and gravel seemed to heap even higher before them.
4 The blanket of snow hid the jagged talus , and I slipped again.
5 The fragments sounded like ceramic tiles as they hit the talus below.
1 That scree slope behind the pond is not very far from there.
2 Myrrima walked among the scree , sinking into loose soil with every step.
3 Balls of St. Elmo's fire bounced and rolled down the scree - littered slope.
4 Loose scree , bird skeletons, and snags of wind-blasted wood tripped her feet.
5 I'm standing on loose scree , a river of molten lava churning below.
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