cuesta
noun [ C ] uk/ˈkwes.tə/ us/ˈkwes.tə/
geology, environment specialized鬣丘，单面山，单斜脊
a ridge (= high, narrow edge along a mountain) with a gentle slope on one side and a steep slope on the other
The Niagara escarpment is a cuesta in southern Ontario. 尼亚加拉峭崖是位于南安大略的一座单面山。
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- I had spectacular views cycling along the Cuesta de Miranda.
- El Morro is technically a cuesta, a long sloping mesa terminating in an abrupt bluff.
- The northwest-facing escarpment of the Jurassic chalk White Horse Hills is a UK example of a cuesta.
- Michigan's cuestas are mostly buried by thick deposits of glacial drift.