List of mountain types
Mountains and hills can be characterized in several ways. Some mountains are volcanoes and can be characterized by the type of lava and eruptive history. Other mountains are shaped by glacial processes and can be characterized by their shape. Finally, many mountains can be characterized by the type of rock that make up their composition.
Types of mountains according to geology
Glacially sculpted mountains and hills
Volcanic mountains
Mountains with structure-controlled form
- Bornhardt
- Cuesta
- Dome
- Fault-block mountain
- Fold mountain
- Hogback
- Homoclinal ridge
- Table and mesa
- Traprock mountain
Other types of mountain or hill
- Bergsknalle
- Conical hill
- Inselberg
- Kuppe
- Line parent
- Mound
- Mount
- Mittelgebirge
- Residual hill
- Tower karst
- Tumulus
- Ultra
Mountains defined by their vegetation
- Fell
- Grass mountain
- Kalottberg
Types of rock that make up mountains
Groups of mountains
- Cordillera
- Inselberg field
- Hügelland
- Monogenetic volcanic field
- Mountain range
- Polygenetic volcanic field
- Undulating hilly land[1]
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References
- Lidmar-Bergström, Karna (1995). "Relief and saprolites through time on the Baltic Shield". Geomorphology. 12 (1): 45–61. Bibcode:1995Geomo..12...45L. doi:10.1016/0169-555X(94)00076-4.
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