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obsequent stream

American  
[ob-si-kwuhnt] / ˈɒb sɪ kwənt /

noun

Geology.
  1. a stream flowing in a direction opposite to that of the dip of the local strata.


Etymology

Origin of obsequent stream

First recorded in 1890–95


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