CATACLINAL

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of valleys and rivers; running in the direction of the dip in surrounding rock strata

Classified under:

Adjectives

Domain category:

geology (a science that deals with the history of the earth as recorded in rocks)

Antonym:

anaclinal (of valleys and rivers; progressing in a direction opposite to the dip in surrounding rock strata)

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