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Cuet
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Cuesta
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Cuesta, английский
An asymmetric ridge capped by resistant rock layers of slight to moderate dip, commonly less than 10? (approximately < 15 percent); a homocline type produced by differential erosion of interbedded resistant and weak rocks. a cuesta has a long, gentle slope on one side (dip slope), that roughly parallels the inclined beds, and on the opposite side has a relatively short, steep or cliff-like slope (scarp slope) that cuts the tilted rocks. compare - hogback, homoclinal ridge, mesa, dipslope, scarp slope, cuesta valley. sw & hp
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Cul., английский
Culvert
Crista, английский
- Cryogenic infrared spectrometers and telescopes for the atmosphere
- 1. a ridge, e.g. the border of a bone 2. a fold in the inner membrane of a mitrochondrion (note: the plural is cristae.)
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