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| The higest mountain in North America |
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| the difference in height between a regions higest and lowest points |
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a series of mountain peaks
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| inverted bowl shaped strata formed when vertical forces push upawards |
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| mountains that are the result of bent rock strata |
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| a mountain built up from igneous material released from a vent |
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| wind deposited hills of sand |
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| elongated streamlined hills deposited by glaciers |
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| broadflat topped hills remaining after extensive erosion |
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| form by the accumlation of rocks on the earths surface |
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| erosional/residual mountain |
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| are mountains that were carved out by extensive erosion usally from a plateau |
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| formed by the folding of rock |
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| a mountain bounded by one or more nurmal faults |
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| a region of flat rock structure having a high elevation |
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| flat-topped hills remaining from the dissection |
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| smaller flat topped hills |
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| is and isolated mountain that was resistant to erosion while the area around it was eroded |
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| is a trough or downward fold of rock strata formed in a similar way |
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| is a large crack in a rock along which no movement has occurred |
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| is caused by force applied against a rock could not relieve by bending |
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| body of rock under the fault rises in relation to the rock above the fault |
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| Does the opposite of a normal fault |
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| if the reverse fault angle is less than 45 deegres |
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