Please Define the Following Key Terms

question 81

Short Answer

Please define the following key terms.
- South African War

Understand the factors influencing river terraces formation, their identification, and chronological significance.

Assess the environmental and geomorphological impacts of human interventions like dams on river systems.

Describe the process and characteristics of delta formation and its ecological significance.

Explain the effects of glaciation and deglaciation on river dynamics and landscape changes.

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Definitions:

Triglyphs

Architectural elements used in the frieze of Doric order temples, consisting of three vertical grooves which alternate with metopes.

Metopes

The square spaces, often decorated with relief sculpture, between the triglyphs in a Doric frieze.

Doric

One of the two systems (or orders) invented in ancient Greece for articulating the three units of the elevation of a classical building—the platform, the colonnade, and the superstructure (entablature). The Doric order is characterized by, among other features, capitals with funnel-shaped echinuses, columns without bases, and a frieze of triglyphs and metopes. See also Ionic.

Twisting Torso

A skyscraper in Malmö, Sweden, designed by Spanish architect Santiago Calatrava, characterized by its unique twisting, sculptural form inspired by the human body in motion.