The action or process of lifting up or raising aloft; also, the giving of an upward direction to anything. valley of elevation (see quot. 1887).
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| 释义 | the world > the earth > land > landscape > low land > valley > [noun] > rift valley or valley of elevation (5) valley of elevation1526 The action or process of lifting up or raising aloft; also, the giving of an upward direction to anything. valley of elevation (see quot. 1887). rift valley1894 A large, elongated valley or depression with steep sides, formed by the subsidence of a block of the earth's surface between nearly parallel faults… graben1896 A depression in the earth's surface bounded by faults; a rift valley. fault-line valley1913 a valley along a fault-line. rift1921 Geology. A major fault or fault system associated with a linear depression in the earth's surface, typically one caused by tensional forces arising… |
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