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List of mountain types and Mountain

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Difference between List of mountain types and Mountain

List of mountain types vs. Mountain

Mountains and hills can be characterized in several ways. A mountain is a large landform that stretches above the surrounding land in a limited area, usually in the form of a peak.

Similarities between List of mountain types and Mountain

List of mountain types and Mountain have 11 things in common (in Unionpedia): Arête, Dome (geology), Fault block, Glacier, Hill, Igneous rock, Mountain range, Pyramidal peak, Shield volcano, Stratovolcano, Volcano.

Arête

Clouds Rest in Yosemite National Park is an arête. An arête is a narrow ridge of rock which separates two valleys.

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Dome (geology)

A dome is a feature in structural geology consisting of symmetrical anticlines that intersect each other at their respective apices.

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Fault block

Fault blocks are very large blocks of rock, sometimes hundreds of kilometres in extent, created by tectonic and localized stresses in the Earth's crust.

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Glacier

A glacier is a persistent body of dense ice that is constantly moving under its own weight; it forms where the accumulation of snow exceeds its ablation (melting and sublimation) over many years, often centuries.

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Hill

A hill is a landform that extends above the surrounding terrain.

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Igneous rock

Igneous rock (derived from the Latin word ignis meaning fire), or magmatic rock, is one of the three main rock types, the others being sedimentary and metamorphic.

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Mountain range

A mountain range or hill range is a series of mountains or hills ranged in a line and connected by high ground.

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Pyramidal peak

A pyramidal peak, sometimes called a glacial horn in extreme cases, is an angular, sharply pointed mountain peak which results from the cirque erosion due to multiple glaciers diverging from a central point.

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Shield volcano

A shield volcano is a type of volcano usually composed almost entirely of fluid lava flows.

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Stratovolcano

A stratovolcano, also known as a composite volcano, is a conical volcano built up by many layers (strata) of hardened lava, tephra, pumice and ash.

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Volcano

A volcano is a rupture in the crust of a planetary-mass object, such as Earth, that allows hot lava, volcanic ash, and gases to escape from a magma chamber below the surface.

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List of mountain types and Mountain Comparison

List of mountain types has 48 relations, while Mountain has 149. As they have in common 11, the Jaccard index is 5.58% = 11 / (48 + 149).

References

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