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Inselberg

Inselberg logo #10101) German geographic term
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inselberg

inselberg logo #21003(from German Insel, `island,` and Berg, `mountain`), isolated hill that stands above well-developed plains and appears not unlike an island rising ... [6 related articles]
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inselberg

inselberg logo #22291 A steep ridge or hill left when a mountain has eroded and found in an otherwise flat, typically desert plain.
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Inselberg

Inselberg logo #21028A German term used to describe a steep-sided hill composed of rock that rises from a pediplain.
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inselberg

inselberg logo #21221Prominent steep-sided hill of resistant solid rock, such as granite, rising out of a plain, usually in a tropical area. Its rounded appearance is caused by so-called onion-skin weathering (exfoliation), in which the surface is eroded in successive layers. The Sugar Loaf in Rio de Janeiro harbour in Brazil, and Ayers Rock in Northern Ter...
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Inselberg

Inselberg logo #22222Isolated, usually steep-sided hill or mountain rising from a plain.
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inselberg

inselberg logo #21199monadnock (def. 1).
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