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anaclinal

Definitions of anaclinal
  1. adjective
    of valleys and rivers; progressing in a direction opposite to the dip in surrounding rock strata
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    antonyms:
    cataclinal
    of valleys and rivers; running in the direction of the dip in surrounding rock strata
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