scree in English

noun
1
a mass of small loose stones that form or cover a slope on a mountain.
The roof gives one the sensation of sitting in a dry riverbed or mountain scree slope, particularly because it lacks containing barriers.
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1. It flies over scree tundra and is diurnal.

2. 30 The scree had ripped a tyre; within minutes the jeep was thrashing that wheel to death.

3. 8 In some places the topsoil had been eroded and we had to zigzag up on loose scree.

4. • Talus or Scree Slopes – cone-shaped accumulations of rocks pried loose from steep glacier-scoured valley walls by frost action.

5. The erosion has created a fan of scree which is rapidly encroaching on the Lovers' walk path.

6. 25 This used to be a wonderful scree running down to Mosedale, which was like gliding down an escalator.

7. 19 This used to be a wonderful scree running down to Mosedale, which was like gliding down an escalator.

8. • Talus or Scree Slopes - cone-shaped accumulations of rocks pried loose from steep glacier-scoured valley walls by frost action.

9. Traill Ø, East Greenland: A rock glacier (centre), scree slopes and small alluvial fans (backgorund), braided surface of a delta (foreground) supplied with sediment from a small river.