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Drumlin – an elongated whale-shaped hill formed by glacial action. Butte – an isolated hill with steep sides and a small flat top, formed by weathering. Kuppe – a rounded hill or low mountain, typical of Central Europe. Tor – a rock formation found on a hilltop; also used to refer to the hill, especially in South West England and the ...
In geology, a terrace is a step-like landform. A terrace consists of a flat or gently sloping geomorphic surface, called a tread, that is typically bounded on one side by a steeper ascending slope, which is called a "riser" or "scarp". The tread and the steeper descending slope (riser or scarp) together constitute the terrace.
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 14 November 2024. Isolated hill with steep, often vertical sides and a small, relatively flat top For other uses, see Butte (disambiguation). The Mittens and Merrick Butte in Monument Valley, Utah – Arizona In geomorphology, a butte is an isolated hill with steep, often vertical sides and a small ...
Drumlin – Elongated hill formed by glacial action; Dry lake – Area that contained a standing surface water body; Dune – Hill of loose sand built by aeolian processes or the flow of water; Dune system – Hill of loose sand built by aeolian processes or the flow of water
Mountain formation occurs due to a variety of geological processes associated with large-scale movements of the Earth's crust (tectonic plates). [1] Folding , faulting , volcanic activity , igneous intrusion and metamorphism can all be parts of the orogenic process of mountain building. [ 2 ]
This conical hill in Salar de Arizaro, Salta, Argentina called Cono de Arita constitutes a landform. A landform is a natural or anthropogenic [1] [2] land feature on the solid surface of the Earth or other planetary body. Landforms together make up a given terrain, and their arrangement in the landscape is known as topography.
In the diagram top right, the saddle is comparable to the leftmost drawn type. A saddle is the lowest area between two highlands ( prominences or peaks) which has two wings which span the divide (the line between the two prominences) by crossing the divide at an angle, and, so is concurrently the local highpoint of the land surface which falls ...
Terraces can be formed in many ways and in several geologic and environmental settings. By studying the size, shape, and age of terraces, one can determine the geologic processes that formed them. When terraces have the same age and/or shape over a region, it is often indicative that a large-scale geologic or environmental mechanism is responsible.