anaclinal

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anaclinal

(ˌænəˈklaɪnəl)
adj
(Physical Geography) (of valleys and similar formations) progressing in a direction opposite to the dip of the surrounding rock strata
[C19: see ana-, -cline]
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Adj.1.anaclinal - of valleys and riversanaclinal - of valleys and rivers; progressing in a direction opposite to the dip in surrounding rock strata
geology - a science that deals with the history of the earth as recorded in rocks
cataclinal - of valleys and rivers; running in the direction of the dip in surrounding rock strata
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21), where all the springs are concentrated in the cataclinal slopes (see Meentenmeyer and Moody, 2000; Hartvich, 2006), while on anaclinal not a single one was found.
According to this relation, they would belong to anaclinal slopes in Meentenmeyer and Moody (2000) classification.
Selected landforms and their significance in the analysis of the slope origin in the Losenice River Valley, Sumava Mts
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