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Anticlines and Synclines
 A fold of rock layers that slope upward on
     both sides of a common low point.
       Synclines form when rocks are
 compressed by plate-tectonic forces. They
  can be as small as the side of a cliff or as
          large as an entire valley.


A fold of rock layers that slope downward on
  both sides of a common crest. Anticlines
 form when rocks are compressed by plate-
tectonic forces. They can be as small as a hill
      or as large as a mountain range.

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Anticlines and synclines

  • 1. Anticlines and Synclines A fold of rock layers that slope upward on both sides of a common low point. Synclines form when rocks are compressed by plate-tectonic forces. They can be as small as the side of a cliff or as large as an entire valley. A fold of rock layers that slope downward on both sides of a common crest. Anticlines form when rocks are compressed by plate- tectonic forces. They can be as small as a hill or as large as a mountain range.

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