geological formation

Noun
  1. (geology) the geological features of the earth (synset 109310874)
    referred to in: geology - a science that deals with the history of the earth as recorded in rocks
    is a type of: object, physical object - a tangible and visible entity; an entity that can cast a shadow
    subtypes:
    • aquifer - underground bed or layer yielding ground water for wells and springs etc
    • beach - an area of sand sloping down to the water of a sea or lake
    • cave - a geological formation consisting of an underground enclosure with access from the surface of the ground or from the sea
    • cliff, drop, drop-off - a steep high face of rock
    • delta - a low triangular area of alluvial deposits where a river divides before entering a larger body of water
    • diapir - a domed rock formation where a core of rock has moved upward and pierced through the more brittle overlying strata
    • folium - a thin layer or stratum of (especially metamorphic) rock
    • foreshore - the part of the seashore between the highwater mark and the low-water mark
    • ice mass - a large mass of ice
    • lakefront - land bordering a lake
    • massif - a block of the earth's crust bounded by faults and shifted to form peaks of a mountain range
    • monocline - a geological formation in which all strata are inclined in the same direction
    • mouth - the point where a stream issues into a larger body of water
    • depression, natural depression - a sunken or depressed geological formation
    • elevation, natural elevation - a raised or elevated geological formation
    • oceanfront - land bordering an ocean
    • chain, chain of mountains, mountain chain, mountain range, range, range of mountains - a series of hills or mountains
    • relict - geological feature that is a remnant of a pre-existing formation after other parts have disappeared
    • ridge, ridgeline - a long narrow range of hills
    • ridge - a long narrow natural elevation on the floor of the ocean
    • shore - the land along the edge of a body of water
    • incline, side, slope - an elevated geological formation
    • fountain, natural spring, outflow, outpouring, spring - a natural flow of ground water
    • scree, talus - a sloping mass of loose rocks at the base of a cliff
    • mineral vein, vein - a layer of ore between layers of rock
    • crater, volcanic crater - a bowl-shaped geological formation at the top of a volcano
    • wall - a vertical (or almost vertical) smooth rock face (as of a cave or mountain)
    • groundwater level, water level, water table - underground surface below which the ground is wholly saturated with water
    specific instances: pillars of hercules - the two promontories at the eastern end of the Strait of Gibraltar; according to legend they were formed by Hercules
    same as: formation

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