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hercyniannounOf or relating to the Hercynian Forest, an extensive forest in ancient Germany.
escarpmentsnounA steep descent or declivity; steep face or edge of a ridge; ground about a fortified place, cut away nearly vertically to prevent hostile approach.
hummocksnounA small hill; a hillock; a knoll.
plateauxnounA largely level expanse of land at a high elevation; tableland.
tufanounCalcareous lime deposited by precipitation from a body of water, such as a hot spring.
promontoriesnounA high point of land extending into a body of water, headland; cliff.
syrtis majornoun—
stratovolcanonoun(volcanology) A tall conical volcano, composed of layers (or strata) of hardened lava, tephra and ash.
cirquesnoun(geology) A curved depression or natural amphitheatre, especially one in a mountainside at the end of a valley.
landformsnounAny geological feature, such as a mountain or valley.
knollsnounA small mound or rounded hill.
metamorphic rocknoun(geology) one of the major groups of rock that makes up the crust of the Earth; consists of pre-existing rock mass in which new minerals or textures are formed at higher temperatures and greater pressures than those present on the Earth's surface.
marmoladanoun(Ladin: Marmolèda; German: Marmolata, ) a mountain in northeastern Italy and the highest mountain of the Dolomites (a section of the Alps).
eclogitenoun(petrology) A coarse-grained metamorphic rock, a mixture of pyroxene, quartz, and feldspar with inclusions of red garnet.
rock outcropnounthe part of a rock formation that appears above the surface of the surrounding land
tien shannounAlternative spelling of Tian Shan. [A mountain range in Central Asia.]
tarnsnoun(Northern England) A small mountain lake, especially in Northern England.
landformnounAny geological feature, such as a mountain or valley.
rillsnounA very small brook; a streamlet; a creek, rivulet.
precipicesnounA very steep cliff.

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