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Definition of cuesta in English: cuestanoun ˈkwɛstəˈkwɛstə Geology A ridge with a gentle slope (dip) on one side and a steep slope (scarp) on the other. Example sentencesExamples - Going down the first few ‘cuestas’ was nerve-wracking because often we were much faster than any car or motorcycle.
- These form light coloured, erosionally resistant cuestas including Jabal Kawr and several smaller mountains south of Al Hamra.
- Observation of these remnants, and early enthusiasm for erosion surfaces, probably caused many phantom surfaces to be reported, although bevelled cuestas are real.
- The Poison Strip Sandstone begins with this sandstone unit and contains other prominent cliff-forming, coarse-grained to conglomeratic sandstone units that cap many cuestas in the area.
Origin Early 19th century (originally a US term for a steep slope at the edge of a plain): from Spanish, 'slope', from Latin costa 'rib, flank'. Definition of cuesta in US English: cuestanounˈkwɛstəˈkwestə Geology A ridge with a gentle slope (dip) on one side and a steep slope (scarp) on the other. Example sentencesExamples - These form light coloured, erosionally resistant cuestas including Jabal Kawr and several smaller mountains south of Al Hamra.
- The Poison Strip Sandstone begins with this sandstone unit and contains other prominent cliff-forming, coarse-grained to conglomeratic sandstone units that cap many cuestas in the area.
- Going down the first few ‘cuestas’ was nerve-wracking because often we were much faster than any car or motorcycle.
- Observation of these remnants, and early enthusiasm for erosion surfaces, probably caused many phantom surfaces to be reported, although bevelled cuestas are real.
Origin Early 19th century (originally a US term for a steep slope at the edge of a plain): from Spanish, ‘slope’, from Latin costa ‘rib, flank’. |