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Noun Concept
Categories: Plate tectonics, Events in the geological history of Earth, Effects of gravitation, Articles with short description, Geological processes
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orogeny  alpinotype orogeny  crustal deformation  geologic uplift  mountain folding
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The process of mountain formation (especially by the upward displacement of the earth's crust) WordNet 3.0
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The process of mountain formation (especially by the upward displacement of the earth's crust) WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
Orogeny is a mountain-building process that takes place at a convergent plate margin when plate motion compresses the margin. Wikipedia
Term that describes the formation of mountain ranges, geoscientific term Wikidata
The process of mountain building by the upward folding of the Earth's crust. Wiktionary
IS A
geological process
concept
geological process
creation
diastrophism
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HAS PART
UK
Екстерніди
Afriziden
PART OF
earth science
HAS KIND
Variscan orogeny
Alice Springs Orogeny
massif
Cimmerian Orogeny
HAS INSTANCE
Alleghanian orogeny
Trans-Hudson orogeny
Acadian orogeny
Taconic orogeny
Sonoma orogeny
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DESCRIBED BY SOURCE
Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia
DIFFERENT FROM
ore genesis
WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
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orogeny
Wikipedia
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orogeny
Wikidata
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orogeny
Wiktionary
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orogeny
Wikipedia Redirections
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alpinotype orogeny, crustal deformation, geologic uplift, mountain folding, Mountain making, orogenesis, orogenic, orogenic zone, orogenies, Synkinematic, synorogenic, Uplift mountain, uplift mountains, Uplift of mountains
Wikidata Alias
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orogenesis

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