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Dictionary definition: accordant

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accordant Complying with. Thus, accordant drainage is drainage which has evolved in conformity with the underlying geological structure, so domes show a radial pattern , and trellised patterns develop on gently dipping scarp lands, for example. The law of accordant junctions ( Playfair's law ) states that tributaries join a stream or river at the same elevation ...

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