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Mountains can be characterized in several ways. Some mountains are volcanoes and can be characterized by the type of lava and eruptive history. Other mountains are shaped by glacial processes and can be characterized by their shape. Finally, many mountains can be characterized by the type of rock that make up their composition.

Contents

Types of volcanoes

Types of glacial mountains

Types of rock

Other Types of Mountains

See also

Types of volcanoes

★ Volcanic caldera or supervolcano

★ Cinder cone

★ Complex volcano

★ Cryovolcano

★ Fissure vent

★ Lava dome

★ Monogenetic volcanic field

★ Mud volcano

★ Pancake dome

★ Pyroclastic cone

★ Pyroclastic shield

★ Shield volcano

★ Stratovolcano (also known as a Composite volcano)

★ Subglacial volcano

★ Submarine volcano

★ Somma volcano

★ Tuya

★ Volcanic field

Types of glacial mountains

★ Arête

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★ Glacial horn

★ Tuya

Types of rock

★ Igneous (see types of volcanoes, above)

★ Metamorphic

★ Sedimentary

Other Types of Mountains

★ Fold

★ Fault-Block

★ Volcanic

See also

★ List of rocks

★ Batholith, Intrusion, Laccolith, Monadnock