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tilted somewhat from the horizontal. This
results in a long and
gentle backslope called a dip
slope that
conforms with the dip of
resistant strata, called...
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ridge with a moderate,
generally between 10° and 30°,
sloping backslope. Its
backslope is a dip slope, that
conforms with the dip of a
resistant stratum...
- homoclinal, and
typically sedimentary strata. One side of a
hogback (its
backslope)
consists of the
surface (bedding plane) of a
steeply dipping rock stratum...
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topped by
harder rock
Homoclinal ridge –
Ridge with a
moderate sloping backslope and
steeper frontslope Inselberg, also
known as Monadnock – Isolated,...
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slightly lowered and
reduced in
steepness by erosion. Dip
slopes form the
backslopes of cuestas,
homoclinal ridges, hogbacks, and flatirons. The frontslopes...
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cohesive definition such as hill-tops, shoulders, saddles,
foreslopes and
backslopes. Some
generic landform elements including: pits, peaks, channels, ridges...
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angular backslopes. Conversely, on the leeward, or southwest,
sides of the islands, the
terraces tend to have
narrower platforms and
gentler backslopes. On...
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Boston residents. "Fringe activities"
occurred on "Mount ****dom", the
backslope of
Beacon Hill.
Beacon Street was
established in 1708 from a cow path...
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Missouri and west-central and
southwestern Illinois on
upland ridgetops,
backslopes, and
benches adjacent to the
Missouri and
Mississippi rivers and their...
- only
affected by
waves during exceptional high
tides or
severe storms.
backslope The part of the
profile of a
hillslope that
forms the steepest, typically...
