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Record 1 2005-03-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Geomorphology and Geomorphogeny
DEF

An asymmetrical ridge, with along gentle slope on one side conforming with the dip of the underlying strata, and a steep or clifflike face on the other side formed by the outcrop of the resistant beds.

OBS

A Spanish term that has been widely adopted ... In modern usage, however, the term cuesta is thought to be a landform in which the back slope and the dip slope are virtually synonymous.

OBS

"Wold" is an obsolete synonym for cuesta preserved in English place names such as Cotswolds.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Géomorphologie et géomorphogénie
DEF

Forme de relief dissymétrique dégagée dans une structure monoclinale de résistance contrastée, superposant une couche résistante à une couche tendre.

OBS

cuesta : [...] terme d'origine texane popularisé par W.M. Davis (1896) [...]

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Geomorfología y geomorfogénesis
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