stream terrace

One of a series of level surfaces on a stream valley flanking and parallel to a stream channel and above the stream level, representing the uneroded remnant of an abandoned floodplain or stream bed. Also known as river terrace.

Related terms:

• paired terrace
• stream-built terrace
• alluvial terrace
• noncyclic terrace
• Terrace
• rock terrace
• axial stream
• marine terrace
• rock-defended terrace
• river terrace