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Hogback vs Cuesta - What's the difference?

hogback | cuesta |

As nouns the difference between hogback and cuesta

is that hogback is a sharp steep-sided ridge formed by the erosion of tilting strata while cuesta is slope (acclivity or declivity).

hogback

English

Noun

(wikipedia hogback) (en noun)
  • (geology) A sharp steep-sided ridge formed by the erosion of tilting strata
  • * 1920 , , The Understanding Heart , Chapter IV
    • Without further parley Garland rode off up the hog's-back and the sheriff rode off down it …
  • A hogframe.
  • A Viking grave marker taking the form of a recumbent monument, generally with a curved (hogbacked) ridge and outwardly curved sides.

    • Related terms

    * hogbacked

    See also

    * Hog's Back

    cuesta

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia cuesta) (en noun)
  • (geomorphology) slope (acclivity or declivity).
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