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block mountain

noun

Geology.
  1. a mountain formed by the uplift of blocks of the earth's crust.


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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of block mountain1

First recorded in 1895–1900
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Many parts of Colombia have entered the rainy season, a time of year when swollen rivers often break their banks in the Andean nation and mudslides destroy homes or block mountain roads.

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Recent scientific evidence suggests that floods originating in the Himalayas are caused largely by landslides that temporarily block mountain rivers.

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She knew that the wash led nowhere, that it was a blind alley, a cul-de-sac ending in a rock-strewn, unclimbable slope that was the base of Block Mountain.

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In the African portion Ruwenzori is regarded by some geologists to be a block mountain or horst.

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Yet, just before the final edits of this book were to go the publisher, all the pages relating to the Block Mountain incident were about to be pulled.

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