#scissure__crack__cleft__crevice__fissure a long narrow opening
supertype: #opening.space__gap an open or empty space in or between things; "there was a small opening between the trees"; "the explosion made a gap in the wall"
subtype: #chap.scissure a crack in a lip caused usually by cold
subtype: #chink a narrow opening as e.g. between planks in a wall
subtype: #crevasse a deep fissure
subtype: #fatigue_crack__fatiguecrack a crack in metal resulting from metal fatigue
subtype: #geological_fault__fault__shift__fracture__break (geology) a crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other; "they built it right over a geological fault"
subtype: #Denali_Fault a major open geological fault in Alaska
subtype: #inclined_fault a geological fault in which one side is above the other
subtype: #normal_fault__gravity_fault__common_fault an inclined fault in which the hanging wall appears to have slipped downward relative to the footwall
subtype: #thrust_fault__overthrust_fault__reverse_fault__reversefault a geological fault in which the upper side appears to have been pushed upward by compression
subtype: #strike-slip_fault a geological fault in which one of the adjacent surfaces appears to have moved horizontally
instance: #San_Andreas_Fault
subtype: #rift.scissure a narrow fissure in rock
subtype: #slit.scissure a narrow fissure
subtype: #split.scissure a lengthwise crack in wood; "he inserted the wedge into a split in the log"
subtype: #vent.scissure__volcano a fissure in the earth's crust (or in the surface of some other planet) through which molten lava and gases erupt
subtype: #volcanic_crater__crater a bowl-shaped opening at the top of a volcano
subtype: #caldera a large crater caused by the violent explosion of a volcano that collapses into a depression
subtype: #maar a flat-bottomed volcanic crater that was formed by an explosion; often filled with water
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