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Noun Concept
Categories: Mountains, Landforms
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massif  anteclise  Masiff  Masiv  massifs
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A block of the earth's crust bounded by faults and shifted to form peaks of a mountain range WordNet 3.0
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A block of the earth's crust bounded by faults and shifted to form peaks of a mountain range WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
A massif is simply a principal mountain mass, for example, a compact portion of a mountain range, containing one or more summits. Wikipedia
Section of a planet's crust that is demarcated by faults or flexures Wikidata
A block of the earth's crust bounded by faults or flexures and displaced as a unit without internal change; normally consists of gneisses and schists. Wiktionary
Block of the earth's crust. Wiktionary (translation)
IS A
geological formation
landscape
landform
structural geology
geological massif
PART OF
range
HAS KIND
alpine group
alpine subgroup
Luberon
Untersberg
Hazaran
+5 relations
HAS INSTANCE
Dolomite Alps
Kilimanjaro
Untersberg
Mont Lozère
Schneeberg
+299 relations
WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
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Wikipedia
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Wikidata
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Wiktionary
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massif
Wikipedia Redirections
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anteclise, Masiff, massifs, mountain massif, mountainous massif
Wikidata Alias
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Masiv, mountain subrange

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