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Elevated landform characterized by steep slopes; it is usually part of a chain.

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Elongated depression shaped by a watercourse or glacier and bounded by the slopes of the surrounding land.

Cavity formed as a mass of melting ice detaches from the tongue of a receding glacier; some kettles fill with water to form a lake.

Low hill sculpted by a moving glacier and formed of glacial drift; drumlins are usually found in parallel groupings.

Vast expanse of land covered with trees.

Moderately high landform whose slopes follow a gentle incline.

Body of water completely surrounded by land; it varies in size and depth.

Vast expanse of relatively flat land, higher than the surrounding region and bounded by deep valleys with sheer cliffs.

Watercourse flowing steeply with irregular flow; it is subject to violent floods when the snow melts.

Each of the mountain faces that reaches down into the valley.

Long narrow section at the highest point on a mountain.

Mountain whose summit forms a cone or point.

Steep slope with no asperities.

A lower mountain chain bordering a principal chain.

Depression in a mountain landscape that creates a passage.

Line intersecting two mountain slopes; a crest can run all the way into the valley.

Accumulations of snow on the highest reaches of a mountain that never melt.

The highest point on the mountain.