stoss
Adjective

stoss (not comparable)

  1. (geology) Facing towards the flow of a glacier or fluid.
    1. Used to describe one side of rôche moutonnée.
    2. Used to describe one side of a subaerial dune or subaqueous ripple in sediment.
Antonyms
  • (geology, nautical) lee



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