Talk:Pothole (disambiguation)
Latest comment: 12 days ago by Geopersona in topic What does pothole mean to you?
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editThe article Internet Slang, referenced in the hyperlink meaning of `pothole', doesn't contain the word. Should someone either delete the reference here, or add the information there?
What does pothole mean to you?
editIt seems that it is different things to different people, as evidenced here at this DAB page where it's defined variously as a:
- hole in a road surface
- subsurface magma-excavated depression
- water-worn hollow in a riverbed (but see also rock-cut basin - perhaps the two could be merged?) And kolk lake is a redirect to r-cb.
- shallow solution-basin on flat(tish) rock
- kettle (landform) e.g. at the Prairie Potholes
- vertically developed cave system
I'm struggling to think of any other term in the geosciences which has such widely varying meanings. I'm not sure we've arrived at the best titles for each one - why for example should the magma-related one be bracketed 'geology' rather than some of the others. Any observations as to improvements that could be made? Geopersona (talk) 09:30, 8 December 2024 (UTC)