Facts
elevated portion of the crust
what is a mountain
Landforms created by tectonic plates moving away from each other.
divergent mountains
broken down, small, solid piece of material
sediment
sediment laid down in new location
deposition
height above mean sea level
elevation
landforms created by molten rock
volcanic landforms
gravity, wind, flowing water
they move the sediment
wind formed landforms
sand dunes
the difference between a lowest and highest part of a terrain
uplift landforms
plateau, dome
progressive removal of rock
erosion
deposition by moving ice
glacier formed landform
tectonic process creating mountains
orogeny
What type of mountain is the Sierra Nevada
divergent - fault block
isolated mountain with erosion resistant rock
monadnock
extinct volcano under water
seamount
balance between gravity and buoyance
isostasy
different types of fold mountains
anticline, syncline, monocline, complex
high pointed piece of rock
pinnacles
long glacial till deposited
moraines