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Originally appearing in Volume V07, Page 613 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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CUESTA , a name of See also:

SPANISH

Spanish origin used in New See also:

Mexico for See also:

low ridges of steep descent on one See also:

side and See also:

GENTLE (through the Fr. gentil, from Lat. gentilis, belonging to the same gens, or family)

gentle slope on the other . It has been proposed as a See also:

TERM

term for the See also:

LAND

land See also:

FORM (Lat. forma)

form which consists of the two elements of a steep scarp or " strike " See also:

FACE (from Lat. fades, derived either from facere, to make, or from a root fa-, meaning " appear "; cf. Gr. cbatvstv)

face, and an inclined See also:

PLAIN (O. Fr. plain, from Lat. plenum)

plain or gentle " See also:

DIP (Old Eng. dyppan, connected with the common Teutonic root seen in " deep ")

dip " slope .

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