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cues·ta (kw

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n.

A ridge with a gentle slope on one side and a cliff on the other.

[Spanish, from Latin costa, side; see kost- in Indo-European roots.]

cuesta (kw

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A ridge with a gentle slope on one side and a cliff or escarpment on the other. The gentler slope is formed by the differential erosion of underlying rock, and the cliff consists of an outcrop of harder, more resistant rock.

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