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lobate ridge

(loh -bayt) A ramp-shaped feature occurring in the lunar maria. Lobate ridges are the surviving remnants of the margins of thick lava flows. Compare wrinkle ridges.

Collins Dictionary of Astronomy © Market House Books Ltd, 2006

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