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Also known as hog's back

long, narrow ridge with a narrow crest and steep slopes of nearly equal inclination on both flanks

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豬背嶺(hogback ridge或hogback),或稱豚背山,是一種地形,指當侵蝕傾斜排列的岩層後,形成兩邊山坡極斜的山。其形成的環境與單面山類似,都是硬和軟的岩層排列,但地層傾斜度較大,以致軟的岩層被侵蝕後,不僅軟的一面,未被侵蝕而保留的硬岩層的一面坡度也很大。

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