Bluffs

Bluffs

Bluffs (spr. blöffs), in Nordamerika terrassenförmig 15–50 m ansteigende Plateauränder, die das Überschwemmungsgebiet des Mississippi begrenzen und an einigen Stellen bis dicht an den Fluß herantreten. Alle größern Städte oberhalb New Orleans liegen an oder auf solchen B.


http://www.zeno.org/Meyers-1905. 1905–1909.

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