MOUNTAIN


Meaning of MOUNTAIN in English

I

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

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