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geological formation

NOUN
  1. (geology) the geological features of the earth

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  • geological formations
  • There are many exceptional beaches, walking trails and striking geological formations. Times, Sunday Times
  • The geological formation of the country we had passed through, consisted in the higher ranges of an argillaceous rock, of quartz, or of ironstone. Journals of expeditions of discovery into Central Australia, and overland from Adelaide to King George's Sound, in the years 1840-1
  • In the meantime, he began studying geological formations, publishing a preliminary report on them in 1661: the De solido intra solidum naturaliter contento dissertationis prodromus. Archive 2005-08-01
  • Sea cliffs, maritime grassland, geological formations. A Guide to Britain's Conservation Heritage
  • With its stepped projections and striations of garbage and wood, this baroque construction evoked a geological formation of layered rock and sediment.
  • The highest of the bluffs, on the west side of the canyon, were part of a massive geological formation in west Texas called the “caprock,” essentially a long seam of rock that underlies the Llano Estacado and becomes an outcropping just at the point where the high plains give way to the lower, rolling plains. EMPIRE OF THE SUMMER MOON
  • _Campi_ — will be fitly combined with a general sketch of the geological formations of the island; as we are now approaching the same standing point, the central districts, from which we took occasion to review the orology of Corsica. Rambles in the Islands of Corsica and Sardinia with Notices of their History, Antiquities, and Present Condition.
  • These include geological formations of notable interest as scenery and as the record of a fossil hydrographic system from fluvial to hyperarid conditions; and wildlife which includes 28 plant species rare in Algeria; one, the rare endemic cypress Cupressus dupreziana, being one of twelve critically endangered plants chosen by the Species Survival Commission of the IUCN to highlight serious threats to species around the world. Tassili N'Ajjer National Park, Algeria
  • If they complain about the rockiness of the 'white sand' you promised, tell them that those rocks are natural geological formations around here, and that they should thank you for providing both a fun and educational experience! Jilly Gagnon: Welcome to Your Summer Fake-ation!
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