aquafact
English
[edit]Noun
[edit]aquafact (plural aquafacts)
- (geology) A boulder worn by running water that is too large to be rolled as a pebble, worn smooth on the upstream or seaward side and exposed top and with a sharp ridge on the downstream or landward side.
- 2003, Andreas Aigner, Annals of geomorphology, page 445:
- […] its bisector is similar in orientation to the ridge of the seaward-dipping aquafact.