This group collects the Inselbergs and Crystalline Monoliths subcategory's members that are monadnocks in the strict geomorphological sense, an isolated hill or small mountain of erosion-resistant rock rising abruptly from a surrounding peneplain, a landform type named for New Hampshire's own Mount Monadnock and common across the eastern United States: Stone Mountain, Pilot Mountain, Crowders Mountain, Arabia Mountain and several other granite and quartzite monadnocks of the Piedmont and New England.
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Defining ProcessAn inselberg results when a body of rock resistant to erosion, such as granite, occurring within a body of softer rocks, is exposed by differential erosion and lowering of the surrounding landscape. 1 All Monadnocks and Isolated Hills
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WikipediaInselberg, formation section (group landform-subtype bucket)Quote, Inselberg, formation section (group landform-subtype bucket)
An inselberg results when a body of rock resistant to erosion, such as granite, occurring within a body of softer rocks, is exposed by differential erosion and lowering of the surrounding landscape.
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