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单词 upwarp
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upwarpn.

Brit. /ˈʌpwɔːp/, U.S. /ˈəpˌwɔrp/
Etymology: up- prefix 1b.
Geology.
A gentle, extensive elevation of part of the earth's surface.
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the world > the earth > land > landscape > high land > rising ground or eminence > [noun]
link931
rise1240
motea1300
bentc1405
mote-hill1475
territory1477
height1487
rising1548
raising1572
linch1591
mount1591
swelling1630
up1637
vertex1641
advance1655
ascendant1655
eminency1662
ascent1663
eminence1670
swell1764
elevation1799
embreastment1799
upwith1819
lift1825
salita1910
turtle-back1913
upwarp1917
upslope1920
whaleback1928
1917 Prof. Papers U.S. Geol. Surv. No. 93. 109/1 Synclines and anticlines, both broad and narrow, sharply delineated monoclines, and domical upwarps follow one another in succession.
1952 Geol. Mag. 89 130 Three domal upwarps superimposed on the simple anticlinal structure.
1977 A. Hallam Planet Earth 78/2 An important feature of rift valleys is that they follow the crests of long, low upwarps of the Earth's crust.

Derivatives

upˈwarping n. the raising of part of the earth's surface to form an upwarp.
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the world > the earth > structure of the earth > formation of features > tectonization or diastrophism > [noun] > upheaval
ridging1499
upheaving1821
upthrow1833
upheaval1838
upheavement1841
uplifting1845
upthrust1846
uplift1853
upraisal1865
bradyseism1896
upwarping1954
updoming1964
1954 W. D. Thornbury Princ. Geomorphol. ix. 223 Intermittent upwarping took place, but there were periods of relative stillstand which are marked by erosional surfaces and terraces.
1974 Nature 23 Aug. 684/1 Owing to large scale Plio-Pleistocene up~warpings of the South African coastal margins, many rivers show substantially steeper gradients along their lower courses than in higher reaches.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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