[pct-l] Word issue
Scott Herriott
yetifan at yahoo.com
Sat Jan 10 13:45:42 CST 2009
Trailcast queried:
> So what's the difference between "scree" and
> "talus"? Is it the size of the
> rocks or the mountain surface?
According to dictionary.com...
Scree is "a steep mass of detritus on the side of a mountain"
("detritus" is "rock in small particles or other material worn or broken away from a mass, as by the action of water or glacial ice.)
Talus is "a sloping mass of rocky fragments at the base of a cliff".
So, apparently, the only difference is where the rocks are.
Squatch
www.walkpct.com
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