English > natural depression: 1 sense > noun 1, objectMeaning | A sunken or depressed geological formation. |
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Synonym | depression |
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Narrower | basin | A natural depression in the surface of the land often with a lake at the bottom of it |
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bed, bottom | A depression forming the ground under a body of water |
crater | A bowl-shaped depression formed by the impact of a meteorite or bomb |
hole, hollow | A depression hollowed out of solid matter |
lowland | Low level country |
sinkhole, sink, swallow hole | A depression in the ground communicating with a subterranean passage (especially in limestone) and formed by solution or by collapse of a cavern roof |
trench, deep, oceanic abyss | A long steep-sided depression in the ocean floor |
trough | A narrow depression (as in the earth or between ocean waves or in the ocean bed) |
valley, vale | A long depression in the surface of the land that usually contains a river |
Broader | geological formation, formation | (geology) the geological features of the earth |
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Opposite | natural elevation, elevation | A raised or elevated geological formation |
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Spanish | depresión, depresión natural |
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Catalan | depressió |
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