Usually means: Formation and development of mountains.
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  1. orogenesis: Merriam-Webster
  2. orogenesis: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. orogenesis: Collins English Dictionary
  4. orogenesis: Wordnik
  5. orogenesis: Wiktionary
  6. orogenesis: Dictionary.com
  7. Orogenesis: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  8. orogenesis: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
  9. orogenesis: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. orogenesis: Encyclopedia

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  1. Orogenesis: Gems and Precious Stones

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Definitions from Wiktionary (orogenesis)

▸ noun:  (geology) The process of mountain formation by deformation of the Earth's crust.

Similar:
orogeny, orogen, orogenous zone, pedogenesis, telogenesis, epeirogenesis, epigenesis, geoformation, eduction, eogenesis, more...

Opposite:
exhumation, subsidence, erosion, denudation

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Similar:
orogeny, orogen, orogenous zone, pedogenesis, telogenesis, epeirogenesis, epigenesis, geoformation, eduction, eogenesis, more...

Opposite:
exhumation, subsidence, erosion, denudation



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