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ANACLINAL
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Of valleys and rivers; progressing in a direction opposite to the dip in surrounding rock strata
Classified under:
Domain category:
geology (a science that deals with the history of the earth as recorded in rocks)
Antonym:
cataclinal (of valleys and rivers; running in the direction of the dip in surrounding rock strata)