Tor (rock formation)
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A tor, which is also known by geomorphologists as either a castle koppie or kopje, is a large, free-standing rock outcrop that rises abruptly from the surrounding smooth and gentle slopes of a rounded
A tor in Altai Krai, southern Siberia
Kit-Mikayi, a celebrated tor near Kisumu, Kenya
Tor near the summit of Knocknagun, in Wicklow, Ireland
Roc Cornut, a celebrated granite tor, next to the D619 road in the commune of Campoussy, Pyrénées-Orientales, France.
Inselberg
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An inselberg or monadnock is an isolated rock hill, knob, ridge, or small mountain that rises abruptly from a gently sloping or virtually level surrounding plain. If the inselberg is dome-shaped and f
Tor (rock formation)
…Etchplain – Plain where the bedrock has been subject to considerable subsurface weathering Inselberg – Isolated, steep rock hill on relatively flat terrain Nubbin (landform) – Small hill of bedrock with rounded residual blocks…
Uluru in Australia
Pietra di Bismantova in the Apennines, Italy
Mount Monadnock in New Hampshire, USA.
Cono de Arita, a conical sandstone inselberg in the middle of Salar de Arizaro, Argentina