#natural_elevation__naturalelevation__elevation a raised or elevated geological formation
exclusion: natural_depression
supertype: geological_formation__geology the geological features of the earth
part: incline
subtype: highland__upland elevated (e.g., mountainous) land
subtype: down.highland (usually plural) a rolling treeless highland with little soil
subtype: tableland__plateau a relatively flat highland
subtype: Colorado_Plateau a large plateau south and west of the Rocky Mountains; abuts mountains on the north and east and ends in an escarpment overlooking lowlands to the south and west; the Grand Canyon of the Colorado River is carved out of the southwestern corner
subtype: Llano_Estacado a large semiarid plateau forming the southern part of the Great Plains
subtype: mesa__table flat tableland with steep edges; "the tribe was relatively safe on the mesa but they had to descend into the valley for water"
subtype: terrace__bench a level shelf of land interrupting a declivity (with steep slopes above and below)
instance: Ardennes
instance: Highlands
subtype: hill a local and well-defined elevation of the land
subtype: foothill a relatively low hill on the lower slope of a mountain
subtype: knoll__mound__hillock__hummock a small natural hill
subtype: anthill__formicary a mound of earth made by ants as they dig their nest
subtype: kopje__koppie (South Africa) a small hill rising up from the African veld
subtype: molehill a mound of earth made by moles while burrowing
subtype: tor a high rocky hill
instance: Calvary__Golgotha Zion__Sion Palatine Capitol_Hill__the_Hill
subtype: hills__hill hilly land; "they loved to roam the hills of West Virginia"; "the Black Hills"
subtype: foothills__foothill hilly land on the lower slopes of mountains
instance: Cotswolds__Cotswold_Hills Nilgiri_Hills Black_Hills
subtype: mountain__mount a land mass that projects well above its surroundings; higher than a hill
subtype: alp any high mountain
subtype: ben (in Scotland or Ireland) a mountain or tall hill; "they were climbing the ben"
subtype: seamount an underwater mountain rising above the ocean floor
subtype: guyot a seamount of volcanic origin (especially in the Pacific Ocean)
subtype: volcano a mountain formed by volcanic material
instance: Cameroon Citlaltepetl__Mount_Orizaba__Mt_Orizaba__Pico_de_Orizaba Nevado_de_Colima__Colima__Volcan_de_Colima Cotacachi Cotopaxi Demavend El_Misti Mount_Etna__Etna__Mt_Etna Fuego Fuji-san__Fuji__Fujiyama Galeras__Pasto Guallatiri Huainaputina Klyuchevskaya Krakatau__Krakatao__Krakatoa Lascar Mauna_Kea Mauna_Loa Purace Sangay Tupungatito Mount_Saint_Helens__Mount_St._Helens__Mt._St._Helens Mount_Vesuvius__Vesuvius__Mt._Vesuvius
instance: Mount_Olympus__Olympus__Mt._Olympus__Olimbos
subtype: promontory__headland__foreland a natural elevation (especially a rocky one that juts out into the sea)
subtype: Cape_Canaveral__Cape_Kennedy a sandy promontory (formerly Cape Kennedy) extending into the Atlantic Ocean from a barrier island off the eastern coast of Florida; the site of a NASA center for spaceflight
subtype: Cape_Sable a promontory on the far southern part of Nova Scotia
subtype: Jebel_Musa__Abila__Abyla a promontory in northern Morocco opposite the Rock of Gibraltar; one of the Pillars of Hercules
subtype: mull a term used in Scottish names of promontories; "the Mull of Kintyre"
subtype: point.promontory a promontory extending out into a large body of water; "they sailed south around the point"
instance: Cape_Horn Gibraltar__Rock_of_Gibraltar__Calpe Cape_Hatteras
subtype: ridge a long narrow natural elevation or striation
subtype: bank.ridge a long ridge or pile; "a huge bank of earth"
subtype: bluff a high steep bank (usually formed by river erosion)
subtype: sandbank a submerged bank of sand near a shore or in a river; can be exposed at low tide
subtype: shoal a sandbank in a stretch of water that is visible at low tide
subtype: bar.ridge a submerged (or partly submerged) ridge in a river or along a shore
subtype: sandbar__sand_bar a bar of sand
subtype: sand_dune__dune a ridge of sand created by the wind; found in deserts or near lakes and oceans
subtype: ledge__shelf a projecting ridge on a mountain or submerged under water
subtype: reef a submerged ridge of rock or coral near the surface of the water
subtype: coral_reef__coralreef a reef consisting of coral consolidated into limestone
subtype: atoll an island consisting of a circular coral reef surrounding a lagoon
instance: Kwajalein Eniwetok.atoll__eniwetok Kwajalein.atoll__kwajalein Midway_Islands
subtype: barrier_reef__barrierreef a long coral reef near and parallel to the shore
subtype: Florida_keys__key__cay a coral reef off the southern coast of Florida
subtype: ripple_mark one of a series of small ridges produced in sand by water currents or by wind
subtype: swell a rounded elevation (especially one on an ocean floor)
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