Inselberg

A inselberg (of the German meaning “mountain-island”) is a hill or small a isolated Montagne which rises abruptly since a light declivity or a plain virtually punt.

Formation

The inselbergs are typically geological formations of the Tropique S, but can meet under other latitudes. They draw their origin from the rise - by a ic process Volcan or not - in a Roche resistant to the erosion contained inside a more tender rock. When the less resistant rock is eroded and forms a plain, the internal rock forms an isolated mountain.

Name

The term was conceived to describe the formations of this type, abundant in the south of the Africa.

In South Africa, the term kopje is also used. With the the United States, one meets especially the term monadnock , term which derives from an Amerindian word .

Examples

Some examples of inselbergs :

See too

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