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Definitions for "massif"
Keywords:  mountain, crust, massive, faults, orogenic
Related Terms: Orogeny, Rift, Mountain, Hill, Rift valley, Uplift, Rift zone, Orogenic belt, Rifting, Moho , Horst, Tectonics, Mohorovicic discontinuity, Monadnock, Benioff zone, Graben, Fault scarp, Mountaineering, Transform fault, Suture, Landform, Thrust , Inselberg, Mountain range, Summit, Plateau, Passive margin, Escarpment, Tectonic plate, Plate, Subduction zone, Mid-ocean ridge, Subduction, Dip slope, Tectonic plates, Plain, Sea-floor spreading, Terrane, Continental crust, Oceanic ridge, Tectonic, Ridge, Plate tectonics, Cliff, Mantle plume, Hogback, Geomorphic, Knoll, Landforms, Scarp
A block of the earth's crust bounded by faults and shifted to form peaks of a mountain range.
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a large mountain pass
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Fr. "massive"] - a range or plateau; a "mass" of peaks or mountains. Carries an implication that the peaks or mountains are bunched together, but not in a neat line. Borrowed from French. Like "range", can be applied on extremely varied scales, from "Massif Central" to "Massif du Mont Blanc."
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Keywords:  mesa, huge, rocks, face
Rock face; huge rocks; a mesa
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