Montane landforms

Fault block

Very large block of rock

Fold mountains

Mountains formed by compressive crumpling of the layers of rock

Mountain

A large landform that rises fairly steeply above the surrounding land over a limited area

Mountain pass

Route through a mountain range or over a ridge

Ridge

A geological feature consisting of a chain of mountains or hills that form a continuous elevated crest for some distance

Scree

Broken rock fragments at the base of steep rock faces, that has accumulated through periodic rockfall

Summit

Point on a surface with a higher elevation than all immediately adjacent points