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hill-and-dale formation
Applied to the ridges and hollows along the surface of dumped material (usually overburden) at an opencast mine. The undulations are leveled out when the land is restored.
- Part of Speech: noun
 - Industry/Domain: Mining
 - Category: General mining; Mineral mining
 - Government Agency: USBM
 
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