Word	Definition
Cairn	a heap of stones piled up as a memorial or as a landmark
Peak	1 : the top of a hill or mountain ending in a point 2 : a prominent mountain usually having a well-defined summit
Valley	1 : an elongate depression of the earth's surface usually between ranges of hills or mountains 2 : an area drained by a river and its tributaries
Ridge	an elongate crest or a linear series of crests
Outcropping	a coming out of bedrock or of an unconsolidated deposit to the surface of the ground
Moraine	an accumulation of earth and stones carried and finally deposited by a glacier
Saddle	1 : a ridge connecting two higher elevations 2 : a pass in a mountain range
Glacier	a large body of ice moving slowly down a slope or valley or spreading outward on a land surface
Crevasse	a deep crevice or fissure as in a glacier or the earth
Scree	an accumulation of loose stones or rocky debris lying on a slope or at the base of a hill or cliff
Talus	1 : a slope formed especially by an accumulation of rock debris 2 : rock debris at the base of a cliff

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