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Bench (geology)

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In geomorphology, geography and geology, a bench or benchland is a long, comparatively narrow strip of level or gently sloping ground set between distinctly steeper slopes above and below it. Benches can be created by very different geomorphic processes, so a given bench's origin has to be read from its own setting rather than assumed from its shape alone.

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