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liman
/lɪˈmɑn/
noun 2adj 1name 1
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4ADJ.
akhtanizovsky, certain
VERB + LIMAN
called
LIMAN + NOUN
delta, ukrainian, valleys
PREP.
along, in
Definitions
noun
1
A wide estuary formed as a lagoon at the mouth of one or more rivers, where flow is constrained by a bar of sediments (created by either the current of a sea or a sediment-saturated river), especially in the Black Sea region.
Only at a point where a river, a streamlet, even a balka (step-glen, ravine) opens into the sea, is the steep incline of the steppe-plateau broken. […] This sea-water lake is called liman in Ukrainian. Wherever a stream of great volume empties into a liman, the bar is severed at one or more places.
Its rising provided conditions for the formation of liman valleys along the coast. As well, meltwaters from the ice cap produced ponding, with excess water that either spilled over the low points of divides or flowed along the ice[…]
adj
1
From or pertaining to Lima in Peru.
noun
1
A native or inhabitant of Lima in Peru.
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Only at a point where a river, a streamlet, even a balka (step-glen, ravine) opens into the sea, is the steep incline of the steppe-plateau broken. […] This sea-water lake is called liman in Ukrainian
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Its rising provided conditions for the formation of liman valleys along the coast. As well, meltwaters from the ice cap produced ponding, with excess water that either spilled over the low points of d
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Fig.5.12 The Akhtanizovsky liman delta arm […] certain limans, particularly those fed by river water, continued to decline naturally, whereas the square area of swamps, contrastingly, continued to inc
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The Ukrainians, the Finns and the peoples of the Caucasus strove for their independence. […] After his recovery, Father had been transferred to the city of Liman.
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Kharkov Region, Zmewsk District, the Donets River, between trans-Donets settlements and town of Liman; […]
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