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Landform that rises well above its surroundings, generally exhibiting steep slopes, a relatively confined summit area, and considerable local relief (inequalities of elevation).
Mountains are considered larger than hills, but the term has no standardized geologic meaning. Mountains are formed by the folding, faulting, or upwarping of the Earth's surface due to the movement of plates (see plate tectonics ) or by the emplacement of volcanic rock onto the surface. For example, the Himalayan Mountains where India meets the Eurasian Plate were formed by a collision between plates that caused extreme compressional folding and the uplifting of large areas. The mountain ranges around the Pacific basin are attributed to the sinking of one plate beneath another. See also plateau .
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mountain lion
Mountain Man
mountain climbing
mountain sickness
Bernese mountain dog
Kings Mountain Battle of
Landis Kenesaw Mountain
Last Mountain Lake
mountain ash
mountain goat
Rocky Mountain goat
mountain laurel
Rocky Mountain National Park
Rocky Mountain spotted fever
White Mountain Battle of
Hoggar Mountains
Adirondack Mountains
Allegheny Mountains
Altai Mountains
Andes Mountains
Anti Lebanon Mountains
Appalachian Mountains
Atlas Mountains
Balkan Mountains
Bighorn Mountains
Blue Mountains
Blue Ridge Mountains
Cairngorm Mountains
Cantabrian Mountains
Carpathian Mountains
Catskill Mountains
Caucasus Mountains
Elburz Mountains
Grampian Mountains
Great Smoky Mountains
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Green Mountains
Guadalupe Mountains National Park
Harz Mountains
Jotunheim Mountains
Jura Mountains
Kitakami Mountains
Kitami Mountains
Kunlun Mountains
K'un lun Mountains
Laurentian Mountains
Lebanon Mountains
Medicine Bow Mountains
New England Mountains
Olympic Mountains
Ozark Mountains
Rhodope Mountains
Rocky Mountains
Saint Elias Mountains
San Gabriel Mountains
San Jacinto Mountains
San Juan Mountains
Sangre de Cristo Mountains
Sayan Mountains
Selkirk Mountains
Stanovoy Mountains
Taurus Mountains
T'ien Shan Celestial Mountains
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Ural Mountains
Virunga Mountains
Wasatch Mountains
White Mountains
Wrangell Mountains