uvalaとは 意味・読み方・使い方

名詞

uvala (plural uvalas)

1. (geology) A closed karst depression, a landform usually of elongated or compound structure and of larger size than a sinkhole.
   • 2011 November, Jelena Ćalić, “Karstic uvala revisited: Toward a redefinition of the term”, in Geomorphology‎, volume 134, numbers 1–2, Elsevier BV, →DOI, archived from the original on 2 December 2023, pages 32–42:

     Uvalas are a particular type of karst closed depression. While other types of closed depression—dolines and poljes—are regularly listed and relatively well-defined in overviews of karst surface morphology, uvalas are either excluded or their vague identification is stressed