Saddle - Anbu

Japanese: 鞍部 - あんぶ
Saddle - Anbu

A saddle-like low mountain ridge. It is formed by water erosion, glacial erosion, fault displacement, etc. It is called col in French and Joch in German. It is sometimes used as the name of an anticline of a fold. Saddles are used as passes that cross mountain ranges, and in high mountain areas they are sometimes used as sites for mountain climbing and tourism.

[Takuma Arii]

[Reference] | Mountain pass

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

Japanese:

鞍(くら)のように低くなった山の尾根をいう。水食作用、氷食作用、断層変位などで形成される。フランス語ではコルcol、ドイツ語ではヨッホJochとよばれる。褶曲(しゅうきょく)の背斜の名称として用いられることがある。鞍部は山地を横切る峠道として利用され、高山地帯では登山、観光などの用地として利用される場合もある。

[有井琢磨]

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