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cuesta

hill or ridge with a gentle slope on one side, and a steep slope on the other
Class type of: landform, hill Q873398
cuesta
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Facts

5 properties
Subclass of
landform, hill[1][2]
Part of
geomorphology[3]
Described by source
Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition, Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 5[5][6]
Has part(s)
escarpment[4]
Has parts
escarpment
🏷️ Also known as
en cuesta ar نعف cs kuesta de Schichtstufe de Schichtstufenlandschaft fa کواستا he קווסטה hi क्वेस्टा hu kueszta ja ケスタ ja ケスタ地形 ko 케스타 ko 구조평야 nl Cuestafront nl Cuestarug ro cuestă ru куэст ru куэста ru куэсты uk куест
🔖 Identifiers · 11
Art & Architecture Thesaurus ID
300386863
BabelNet ID
03813161n
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
science/cuesta, topic/cote-geology
Encyclopædia Universalis ID
cotes-geomorphologie
Freebase ID
/m/03pyf8
GeoNames feature code
T.CUET
Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID
cuesta
Great Russian Encyclopedia portal ID
kuesty-649249
Microsoft Academic ID (discontinued)
2779207163
Online PWN Encyclopedia ID
3963015
Topic's main category
Category:Cuestas

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Examples 3
Great Escarpment, Mount Banping, Hell's Half Acre
Subclass of 2
hill, landform
Described by source 1
Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
Has part(s) 1
escarpment
Has these parts 1
escarpment
Named after 1
Côte-d’Or
Part of 1
geomorphology
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Works and Contributions

Things named for cuesta include Côte-d’Or[7], a department of France[8], in France[9], founded in 1790[10].

Why It Matters

Entities named for cuesta include Côte-d’Or[7], a department of France[8], in France[9], founded in 1790[10].

Related Entities

geomorphology

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  2. [9] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [10] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

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