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Keywords: Ridge, Steeply, Strata, Erosion, Inclined

Related Terms: Plateau, ArêTe, Bluff, Butte, Cliff, Col, Couloir, Crag, Crest, Cuesta, Declivity, Dune , Escarpment, Fall, Hummock, Mesa , Mountain, Ridge, Scarp, Scree, Sloping, Talus, Valley, Slip Face, Submarine Canyon, Transverse Dune, Landform, Horn, Continental Rise, Fault Scarp, Headwall, Rift Valley, Canyon, Shield Volcano, Undercutting, Bajada, Barchan, Rockfall, Spur, Badlands, Barchan Dune, Inselberg, Rift Zone, Pediment, U-Shaped Valley, Bunny Slope, Bench, Monadnock, Dip Slope

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A ridge formed by tilted strata; hence, any ridge with a sharp summit, and steeply sloping sides.

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A narrow ridge with steeply inclined sides of nearly equal slopes. Formed by differential erosion of steeply dipping rock units.

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A narrow, sharp ridge formed on steeply inclined, resistant rock.

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A narrow ridge formed by the outcrop near-vertical sedimentary beds.

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formation similar to a cuesta in that it is a ridge formed by slower erosion of hard strata, but having two steep, equally inclined slopes.

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a sharp-crested, symmetric ridge formed by highly tilted resistant rock layers; produced by differential erosion of interspersed resistant and weak rocks with dips greater than about 45%.

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a narrow ridge of hills

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the geologic ridge that contains rocks about 125 million years old and forms the outer boundary of the Black Hills.

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A sharp-crested, symmetric ridge formed by the differential erosion of highly tilted and resistant rock layers.

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An eroded, steeply tilted ridge of resistant rocks with equal slopes on the sides.

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a low, sharp ridge with steep sides of nearly equal inclination, formed from the edge of an upturned layer of rock resistant to erosion. [AHDOS

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A steep-sided ridge of steeply dipping strata.

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