afloramiento

Spanish

Etymology

aflorar +‎ -miento

Noun

afloramiento m (plural afloramientos)

outcrop (coming out of bedrock or of an unconsolidated deposit to the surface of the ground)
outcrop (part of a rock formation that appears at the surface)

Further reading

“afloramiento” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

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