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gra·ben (grä′bən)

noun

a relatively long, narrow area of the earth's crust that has subsided between two bordering faults

Etymology: Ger, a ditch < OHG grabo < graban, to dig: see grave

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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