anaclinal

anaclinal

(ˌænəˈklaɪnəl) adj (Physical Geography) (of valleys and similar formations) progressing in a direction opposite to the dip of the surrounding rock strata[C19: see ana-, -cline]

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Adj.

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anaclinal - of valleys and rivers; progressing in a direction opposite to the dip in surrounding rock stratageology - a science that deals with the history of the earth as recorded in rockscataclinal - of valleys and rivers; running in the direction of the dip in surrounding rock strata