#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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