Cuesta vs. Hogback — What's the Difference?

A cuesta (from Spanish cuesta "slope") is a hill or ridge with a gentle slope on one side, and a steep slope on the other. In geology the term is more specifically applied to a ridge where a harder sedimentary rock overlies a softer layer, the whole being tilted somewhat from the horizontal.

A sharp ridge with steeply sloping sides, produced by erosion of the broken edges of highly tilted strata.

A ridge with a gentle slope on one side and a cliff on the other.

(geology) A sharp steep-sided ridge formed by the erosion of tilting strata

(geomorphology) A hill or ridge with a gentle slope on one side, and a steep slope on the other.

A hogframe.

A sloping plain, esp. one with the upper end at the crest of a cliff; a hill or ridge with one face steep and the opposite face gently sloping.

A Viking grave marker taking the form of a recumbent monument, generally with a curved (hogbacked) ridge and outwardly curved sides.

An upward curve or very obtuse angle in the upper surface of any member, as of a timber laid horizontally; - the opposite of camber.

See Hogframe.

A ridge formed by tilted strata; hence, any ridge with a sharp summit, and steeply sloping sides.

A narrow ridge of hills