Grotto, Caver, Hollow
Underground or rock-walled chamber
Stalactite, Dripstone
Icicle-like formation hanging in a cave
Stalagmite
Icicle-like formation on the floor of a cave
Flowstone
Rock deposited as a thin sheet by precipitation from flowing water
Bluff, Precipice
A cliff, headland, or hill with a broad, steep face
Crag
A steep, rugged rock; rough, broken, projecting part of a rock
Scarp
A line of cliffs formed by the faulting or fracturing of the earth's crust; an escarpment
Rocky Outcrop
Part of a rock formation or mineral vein that appears at the surface of the earth
Bedrock
Unbroken solid rock, overlaid in most places by soil or rock fragments
Rubble
Broken bits and pieces of rock, through demolition quarry or natural processers
Scree
A steep mass of detritus (or rubble) on the side of a mountain
Slag
Coal waste or waste obtained from smelting ore
Gulch, Gully
A deep, narrow ravine; a ditch or gutter
Gorge
A narrow cleft with steep, rocky walls, especially one through which a stream runs.
Crevasse
A fissure or deep cleft in the earth's surface
Stack
A steep and often vertical column or columns of rock in the sea near a coast, formed by erosion
Stone Run
Rock landform resulting from the erosion of particular rock varieties caused by myriad freezing-thawing cycles.
Inselberg, Monadnock, Kopje (Dutch), Bornhardt
AN isolated rock hill, knob, ridge, or small mountain that rises abruptly from a gently sloping or virtually level surrounding plain.
Promontory, headland (over water)
Prominent mass of land that overlooks lower-lying land or a body of water
Cenote
A natural pit, or sinkhole resulting from the collapse of limestone bedrock that exposes groundwater underneath.
Tor
A large, free standing residual mass (rocky outcrop) that rises abruptly from the surrounding smooth and gentle slopes of a rounded hill summit or ridge crest.
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