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The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to mountains:

A mountain is an elevated portion of the surface of a planet, generally with steep sides that show significant exposed bedrock. Although there are no universally accepted definitions, a mountain is usually considered higher than a hill. By definition, mountains are often thought of as being a landform which is higher than 2,000 feet (610 m). It may either have a limited summit area or be a smaller plateau with high elevation and steep sides. A few mountains are isolated summits, but most occur in mountain ranges.[page needed]

What type of things are mountains?

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Mountains can be described as all of the following:

  • Location
  • Component of a landscape
    • Landform natural feature of 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. Typical landforms include hills, mountains, plateaus, canyons, valleys, as well as shoreline features such as bays, peninsulas, and seas, including submerged features such as mid-ocean ridges, mountains, and the great ocean basins.

Types of mountains

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List of mountain types

Types of groups of mountains

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Features of mountains

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Specific mountains

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History of mountains

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History of mountains

Mountain geology

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Ecology of mountains

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Persons notable in relation to mountains

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See also

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References

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  1. Lidmar-Bergström, Karna (1995). "Relief and saprolites through time on the Baltic Shield". Geomorphology. 12 (1): 45–61. Bibcode:1995Geomo..12...45L. doi:10.1016/0169-555X(94)00076-4.
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