ETYM French détritus, from Latin detritus, p. p. of deterere. Related to Detriment.
Debris; fragments worn away, especially of rock.
In biology, the organic debris produced during the decomposition of animals and plants.
Waste or debris.
Loose material (stone fragments and silt etc) that is worn away from rocks.

Sloping mass of loose rock at base of a cliff
Steep slope with loose soil and stones.
Pile of rubble and sediment that collects at the foot of a mountain range or cliff. The rock fragments that form scree are usually broken off by the action of frost (freeze-thaw weathering).
With time, the rock waste builds up into a heap or sheet of rubble that may eventually bury even the upper cliffs, and the growth of the scree then stops. Usually, however, erosional forces remove the rock waste so that the scree stays restricted to lower slopes. + prikaži više