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Noun Concept
Categories: Structural geology
EN
horst
EN
A ridge of the earth's crust that has been forced upward between two faults and so is higher than the surrounding land WordNet 3.0
English:
geology
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A ridge of the earth's crust that has been forced upward between two faults and so is higher than the surrounding land WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
In physical geography and geology, a horst is a raised fault block bounded by normal faults. Wikipedia
A raised fault block bounded by normal faults or graben Wikipedia Disambiguation
Geological feature Wikidata
An area of the earth's surface which is raised relative to surrounding land. Wiktionary
Raised portion of Earth's surface. Wiktionary (translation)
IS A
crust
landform
HAS KIND
Linderödsåsen
Hallandsås
HAS INSTANCE
Linderödsåsen
Söderåsen
Hallandsås
Romeleåsen
Hökensås
+9 relations
DESCRIBED BY SOURCE
Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia
OPPOSITE OF
graben
WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
EN
horst
Wikipedia
EN
horst (geology)
Wikidata
EN
horst
Wiktionary
EN
horst

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