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Cuesta

Interfluves and Ridges

A cuesta is a hill or ridge with a gentle slope on one side and a steep slope on the other, formed where a harder layer of sedimentary rock overlies a softer layer and the whole sequence is tilted somewhat from horizontal. The gentle side, called a dip slope, follows the tilt of the resistant caprock, while erosion of the opposite side exposes a steep escarpment, and a landscape built from a series of these ridges is called a scarpland.

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Erosion, Processes
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Source Cuesta (Wikipedia)
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Cuesta (Wikipedia)
  • Caused By: Erosion, Article text
    Where erosion has exposed the frontslope of this, a steep slope or escarpment occurs.
  • In Discipline: Geomorphology, Lead paragraph
    A cuesta (Spanish for 'slope') is a hill or ridge with a gentle slope on one side, and a steep slope on the other
  • In Group: Mesas, Cuestas and Tablelands, Lead sentence
    A cuesta (Spanish for 'slope') is a hill or ridge with a gentle slope on one side, and a steep slope on the other.
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