cataclinal
/ˌkætəˈklaɪnəl/
adjective
- Relating to or denoting a river or stream that flows in the same direction as the dip of the underlying rock layers.
- Unlike a subsequent stream, a cataclinal stream flows directly down the dip of the strata.
- Geologists studied the cataclinal drainage pattern to understand the region's geology.
- The cataclinal river carved a valley that followed the slope of the tilted rock layers.
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