English > geological formation: 1 sense > noun 1, object| Meaning | (geology) the geological features of the earth. |
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| Synonym | formation |
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| Category | geology | A science that deals with the history of the earth as recorded in rocks / rocks |
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| Instances | Pillars of Hercules | The two promontories at the eastern end of the Strait of Gibraltar |
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| Narrower | aquifer | underground bed or layer yielding ground water for wells and springs etc |
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| beach | An area of sand sloping down to the water of a sea or lake |
| cave | A geological formation consisting of an underground enclosure with access from the surface of the ground or from the sea |
| cliff, drop, drop-off | A steep high face of rock |
| delta | A low triangular area of alluvial deposits where a river divides before entering a larger / larger body of water |
| diapir | A domed rock formation where a core of rock / rock has moved upward and pierced through the more brittle overlying strata |
| folium | A thin layer or stratum of (especially metamorphic) rock |
| foreshore | The part of the seashore between the highwater mark and the low-water mark |
| ice mass | A large mass of ice |
| lakefront | Land bordering a lake |
| massif | A block of the earth's crust bounded by faults and shifted to form peaks of a mountain range |
| monocline | A geological formation in which all strata are inclined in the same direction |
| mouth | The point where a stream issues into a larger / larger body of water |
| natural depression, depression | A sunken or depressed geological formation |
| natural elevation, elevation | A raised or elevated geological formation |
| oceanfront | Land bordering an ocean |
| range, mountain range, range of mountains, chain, mountain chain, chain of mountains | A series of hills or mountains |
| relict | geological feature that is a remnant of a pre-existing formation after other parts have disappeared |
| ridge, ridgeline | A long narrow range of hills |
| ridge | A long narrow natural elevation on the floor of the ocean |
| shore | The land along the edge of a body of water |
| slope, incline, side | An elevated geological formation |
| spring, fountain, outflow, outpouring, natural spring | A natural flow of ground water |
| talus, scree | A sloping mass of loose rocks / rocks at the base of a cliff |
| vein, mineral vein | A layer of ore between layers of rock |
| volcanic crater, crater | A bowl-shaped geological formation at the top of a volcano |
| wall | A vertical (or almost vertical) smooth rock face (as of a cave or mountain) |
| water table, water level, groundwater level | underground surface below which the ground is wholly saturated with water |
| Broader | object, physical object | A tangible and visible entity |
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| Spanish | accidente geográfico, formación geológica, formación |
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| Catalan | formació geològica |
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