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An area of bare rock with a slightly domed profile that locally outcrops at the surface of a tropical plain. It is formed when the weathered profile is stripped from a sound rock surface, and may be seen as the first stage in the emergence of a dome or tor.
From: ruware in A Dictionary of Earth Sciences »
Subjects: Ecology and Conservation — Earth Sciences and Geography.
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