continental drip

noun

The phenomenon whereby southward-pointing landforms are more numerous and prominent than northward-pointing landforms.

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Meanings

nouncontinental drip (uncountable)
  1. uncountablegeographyThe phenomenon whereby southward-pointing landforms are more numerous and prominent than northward-pointing landforms.

Origin

By analogy or alliteration with continental drift.

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continental drip. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/continental%20drip

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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “continental drip,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/continental%20drip.

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