granite outcrop

collocation in English

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granite
noun[U]
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/ˈɡræn.ɪt/us
/ˈɡræn.ɪt/
a very hard, grey, pink, or black rock, used ...
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outcrop
noun[C]
uk
/ˈaʊt.krɒp/us
/ˈaʊt.krɑːp/
a large rock or group of rocks that sticks out of ...
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It grows in loam soils in wet zones near granite outcrops.
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Plants grow on exposed coastal granite outcrops, often in cracks within boulders as well as shallow rocky soils.
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It occurs on the southern coastal areas, favouring permanent water and granite outcrops, but can be found at its northern most extent in agricultural dams.
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There are a variety of soils, including clays and silts over kankar; sand; lateritic pavements; and granite outcrops.
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These glacial origins are evident from the granite outcrops and boulders that litter the hillside.
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Patterns of primary succession ongraniteoutcropsurfaces.
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Species-area relationship during primary succession ingraniteoutcropplant communities.
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Succession ingraniteoutcropshrub-tree communities.
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The village gets its name from agraniteoutcropeast of the village.
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It was built on a rockygraniteoutcrop, which, after the damming of a stream and the filling up of a fishpond, became an island.
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The petroglyphs are pecked onto weathered basalt boulders overlaying agraniteoutcrop.
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The island is agraniteoutcropcapped with a residual layer of calcarenite.
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The waterfall is an unusual double cascade flowing down through a fissure in a massivegraniteoutcrop.
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Geologically, the most common terrain is composed by low-quality ground and many granite outcrops, with few areas of fertile floor around the streams.
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The downtown area is mostly made of granite outcrops.
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The wells were made in conjunction with the local knowledge of aboriginals, and also utilised land at the edge of granite outcrops.
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A number of granite outcrops along the south coast have been quarried in the past, making for spectacular scenery and good rock-climbing.
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It is home to some of the world's oldest granite outcrops.
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They finally find rest on a granite outcropping.
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