laagte

Definitions of laagte
  1. noun
    a sunken or depressed geological formation
    synonyms: bluts, buts, deuk, kom
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    antonyms:
    verheffing, verhevenheid
    a raised or elevated geological formation
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    bekken
    a natural depression in the surface of the land often with a lake at the bottom of it
    bed
    a depression forming the ground under a body of water
    bomgat, bomkrater, bomtrechter, granaattrechter, krater, maankrater, meteoorkrater
    a bowl-shaped depression formed by the impact of a meteorite or bomb
    duinpan, pan
    a depression hollowed out of solid matter
    laagland, laagvlakte
    low level country
    vallei
    a long depression in the surface of the land that usually contains a river
    ketel, keteldal
    a steep-walled semicircular basin in a mountain; may contain a lake
    duinpan, pan
    a small valley between mountains
    zeebodem, zeemansgraf
    the bottom of a sea or ocean
    kuil
    a sizeable hole (usually in the ground)
    konijnehol, konijnenhol, konijnenpijp, konijnepijp
    a hole in the ground as a nest made by wild rabbits
    zoutpan
    a shallow basin in a desert region; contains salt and gypsum that was deposited by an evaporated salt lake
    wormgat, wormsteek
    hole made by a burrowing worm
    type of:
    aardkunde, geologie
    (geology) the geological features of the earth
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