Massif
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In geology, a massif is a section of a planet's crust that is demarcated by faults or flexures. In the movement of the crust, a massif tends to retain its internal structure while being displaced as a whole. The term is also used to refer to a group of mountains formed by such a structure.
In mountaineering and climbing literature, a massif is frequently used to denote the main mass of an individual mountain. The massif is a smaller structural unit of the crust than a tectonic plate and is considered the fourth largest driving force in geomorphology.[1]
The word is taken from French (in which the word also means "massive"), where it is used to refer to a large mountain mass or compact group of connected mountains forming an independent portion of a range. One of the most notable European examples of a massif is the Massif Central of the Auvergne region of France.
The Face on Mars is an example of an extraterrestrial massif.[2]
Massifs may also form underwater such as with the Atlantis Massif.[3]
Contents
List of massifs
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Africa
- Adrar des Ifoghas – Mali
- Aïr Massif – Niger
- Bongo Massif – Central African Republic
- Marojejy Massif – Madagascar
- Mulanje Massif – Malawi
- Waterberg Biosphere – South Africa
- Virunga Massif- Border shared by Uganda, Rwanda and DR Congo
- Kilimanjaro Massif- Border of Kenya and Tanzania.
Antarctica
Asia
- Annapurna – Nepal
- Chu Pong Massif – Vietnam
- Dhaulagiri
- Gasherbrum – Pakistan
- Hazaran – Iran
- Kholeno – Iran
- Kangchenjunga – India
- Knuckles Massif – Sri Lanka
- Kondyor Massif – Russia
- Kugitangtau Ridge – Turkmenistan
- Logar ultrabasite massif – Logar Province, Afghanistan
- Mount Ararat – Turkey
- Mount Everest massif (including Lhotse) – border of Nepal and Tibet (China)
- Mount Kinabalu – Malaysia
- Mount Tomuraushi – Japan
- Nanga Parbat – Pakistan
- Nun Kun- India
- Panchchuli – India
- Shillong - Meghalaya, India
Europe
- Alpilles – France
- Aravis Range – France
- Ardennes Massif - France/Belgium/Luxembourg
- Armorican Massif – Brittany, France
- Bauges Massif – France
- Beaufortain Massif – France
- Ben Nevis massif – Scotland
- Bohemian Massif – Czech Republic
- Bornes Massif – France
- Bristol Massif – United Kingdom
- Calanques Massif
- Ceahlău Massif – Romania
- Cerces Massif
- Chablais Massif – France
- Chartreuse Massif – France
- Cornubian Massif – United Kingdom
- Dévoluy Massif – France
- Massif des Écrins – France
- Gotthard Massif - Switzerland
- Jungfrau Massif – Switzerland
- Jura Mountains – France
- Lauzière massif
- L'Esterel Massif
- Long Mynd – England, United Kingdom
- Lubéron – France
- Massif Central – France
- Mangerton Mountain - Ireland
- Mercantour – France
- Montgris – Spain
- Montserrat – Spain
- Mont Blanc Massif- Italy/France
- Sila Massif- Italy
- Snowdon Massif - Wales, United Kingdom
- Taillefer Massif – France
- Troodos – Cyprus
- Queyras Massif – France
- Vanoise Massif – France
- Vercors Plateau – France
- Vitosha Massif – Bulgaria
- Vosges Mountains – France
North America
- Laurentian Massif – Jacques-Cartier National Park, Canada
- Le Massif – Canada
- Level Mountain - Canada
- Mount Edziza – Canada
- Mount Juneau – Alaska
- Mount Le Conte – Tennessee
- Mount Logan – Canada
- Mount Meager – Canada
- Mount Septimus – Canada
- Mount Shuksan – Washington
- Teton Range – Wyoming
Oceania
Caribbean
South America
- Brasilia Massif – Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay.
- Neblina massif – Venezuela-Brazil border
- Colombian Massif - Colombia
Submerged
- Atlantis Massif – part of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge in the North Atlantic Ocean
- Tamu Massif — the largest volcano on Earth
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References
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