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Define Geosynclines.

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Geosynclines: Long, narrow, shallow water trough in Earth's crust accumulating thick marine sediments, which buckle under tectonic compression to form fold mountains (e.g., Tethys).

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भूअभिनति को परिभाषित कीजिए।

भूअभिनति (Geosynclines): भू-पर्पटी का उथला व संकीर्ण जलीय द्रोणी क्षेत्र जहाँ अवसाद जमा होकर विवर्तनिकी संपीड़न से वलित पर्वत बनते हैं (जैसे टेथिस)।

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