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List of inselbergs information


An inselberg (or monadnock) is an isolated hill, knob, ridge, outcrop, or small mountain that rises abruptly from a gently sloping or virtually level surrounding plain. The following is a list of notable inselbergs worldwide.

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Inselberg

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bornhardts are inselbergs. An inselberg results when a body of rock resistant to erosion, such as granite, occurring within a body of softer rocks, is...

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List of inselbergs

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sloping or virtually level surrounding plain. The following is a list of notable inselbergs worldwide. Cameroon Ngog Lituba in the Sanaga-Maritime Department...

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North Berwick Law

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weather, offers views of the Firth of Forth and of the nearby Bass Rock island. Breast shaped hills List of inselbergs List of mountains in Scotland North...

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Suilven

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Pollaidh and Suilven star in an episode of Disney+ Star Wars show Ahsoka. Stac Pollaidh Canisp List of inselbergs "Suilven". Bella Caledonia. 27 October...

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Congo Basin

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activity in the basin. Eight sites of the Congo Basin are inscribed on the World Heritage List, five being also on the list of World Heritage in Danger (all...

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Exploratory data analysis

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ISBN 978-0-471-09777-8.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) Inselberg, Alfred (2009). Parallel Coordinates:Visual Multidimensional Geometry...

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El Djouf

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natural region of sand dunes and rock salt which covers northeastern Mauritania and part of northwestern Mali. El Djouf is a part of the Sahara Desert...

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Ogaden Basin

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Ogaden Basin is an area of Huwan that may hold significant reserves of crude oil and natural gas. The basin covers an area of some 350,000 square kilometres...

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Geography of Uganda

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Park. Inselbergs are common features in the geography of Uganda. The inselbergs are commonly made of granite, sometimes of gneiss and never of amphibolite...

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List of mountain types

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Kalottberg Igneous Extrusive (see types of volcanoes, above) Intrusive Metamorphic Sedimentary Cordillera Inselberg field Hügelland Monogenetic volcanic...

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List of rock formations

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bank Escarpment Gorge Inselberg, or monadnock Mesa Peak Promontory River cliff Sea cliff Stack Stone run Tor Here is a list of rock formations by continent...

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Iullemmeden Basin

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and parts of Algeria, Mali and Nigeria. It is named after the Iullemmeden, a federation of Tuareg people who live in the central region of Niger. Its...

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Blue Nile Basin

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of crustal extension associated with the break-up of Gondwana, and filled with sedimentary deposits. The modern Blue Nile river cuts across part of the...

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Tindouf Basin

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The Tindouf Basin is a major sedimentary basin in West Africa, to the south of the little Atlas region, Morocco. It stretches from west to east about 700...

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Turkana Basin

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Koobi Fora Lothagam List of fossil sites List of human evolution fossils Turkana people Feibel, C., 2011, "A Geological History of the Turkana Basin."...

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Pitcairnia feliciana

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native to the Americas. It can be found growing on sandstone outcrops (inselbergs) of the Fouta Djallon highlands in Middle Guinea. Its specific epithet feliciana...

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Liechtenstein

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above sea level). In addition to the peaks of the Alpine chain, which belong to the Limestone Alps, two inselbergs, Fläscherberg (1,135 m or 3,724 ft above...

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Ngorongoro Conservation Area

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portion of the conservation area consists of the Serengeti Plains, the Salei Plains, the Oldupai Gorge, and the Gol Mountains inselbergs. These inselbergs are...

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Ficus cyathistipula

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forested streams or rivers, or in swamps where they overhang pools, and on inselbergs and rock outcrops, from sea level to 1,800 m. Ficus cyathistipula is an...

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Wave Rock

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during the erosion of slopes of any inselbergs. According to local Noongar man and tour guide Michael Ward, the wall above the top of Wave Rock has caused...

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National Geological Monuments of India

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India List of Water Heritage Sites in India List of columnar jointed volcanics in India Menhirs in India List of rock-cut temples in India List of forts...

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Lannea coromandelica

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grows on rock outcrops or inselbergs. "Lannea coromandelica (Houtt.) Merr". Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens...

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List of mountains named Sugarloaf

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buttes, ridges, rock formations, bornhardt, inselberg, etc. Landforms resembling the characteristic conical shape of a sugarloaf were often so named. Zuckerhütl...

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Baltic Shield

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Further west, the Muddus plains and its inselbergs formed—also by etching and pediplanation—in connection to the uplift of the northern Scandinavian Mountains...

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Monolith

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relatively flat terrainPages displaying short descriptions of redirect targets (or inselberg) Monolith (Space Odyssey) – Fictional artefacts from Arthur...

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