Mountain geomorphology

thumb|Map of the last orogenies to affect Earth's geologic provinces

thumb|upright=1.2|Uluru in [[Australia]]

mountains formed by compressive crumpling of the layers of rock

very large block of rock

upheavals or depressions of land exhibiting long wavelengths and little folding

thumb|280px|Murg (Northern Black Forest)|Murg Valley in the [[Black Forest range]]

portion of the total geologic uplift of the mean earth surface that is not attributable to an isostatic response to unloading

thumb|Example of a periglacial landscape with both pingos and polygon wedge ice near [[Tuktoyaktuk, Northwest Territories, Canada]]

type of bald mountain summit

landscape features that have reversed their elevation relative to other features

zone affected by mountain formation

thumb|Precordillera, Province of Mendoza, Argentina Precordillera is a Spanish geographical term for hills and mountains lying before a greater range, similar to foothills. The term is derived from cordillera (mountain range)—literally "pre-mountain range"—and applied usually to the Andes.

steeply sloping triangular landform created by the differential erosion of a steeply dipping, erosion-resistant layer of rock overlying softer strata.