SYNCLINAL • FREE-TRANSLATOR.COM • Definition of Synclinal

... the breaking up of the crust of the globe than the very central parts of the Andes. The upheaval has taken place by a great number of (nearly) N. and S. lines; which in most cases have formed as many anticlinal and synclinal ravines; the strata in the highest pinnacles are almost universally inclined at an angle from 70 deg to 80 deg. I cannot tell you how I enjoyed some of these views—it is worth coming from England, once to feel such intense delight; ...

— More Letters of Charles Darwin - Volume I (of II) • Charles Darwin