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Definition of block mountain in English: block mountainnoun Geology A mountain formed by natural faults in the earth's crust. Example sentencesExamples - The Tetons are a still different kind - a fault block mountain range carved from a segment of the earth's crust that has been uplifted along a fault.
- Southern Oregon is home to some of the finest examples of fault block mountains in North America.
- The Sangre de Cristos are fault block mountains with major fault lines running along both the east and west sides of the mountains and, in places, cutting right through them.
- Steens Mountain, a 30-mile long fault block mountain in southeast Oregon, sits about 60 miles south of Burns.
- The Teton Mountains of Wyoming and the Sierra Nevadas of California are classic examples of fault block mountains that rise abruptly from the surrounding land.
Definition of block mountain in US English: block mountainnoun Geology A mountain consisting of a block or blocks bounded by normal faults in the earth's crust. See normal Example sentencesExamples - Southern Oregon is home to some of the finest examples of fault block mountains in North America.
- The Sangre de Cristos are fault block mountains with major fault lines running along both the east and west sides of the mountains and, in places, cutting right through them.
- The Teton Mountains of Wyoming and the Sierra Nevadas of California are classic examples of fault block mountains that rise abruptly from the surrounding land.
- The Tetons are a still different kind - a fault block mountain range carved from a segment of the earth's crust that has been uplifted along a fault.
- Steens Mountain, a 30-mile long fault block mountain in southeast Oregon, sits about 60 miles south of Burns.
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