| NOUN | object | natural elevation, elevation | a raised or elevated geological formation |
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| Meaning | A raised or elevated geological formation. | |
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| Synonym | elevation | |
| Parts | slope, incline, side | An elevated geological formation |
| Narrower | highland, upland | Elevated (e.g., mountainous) land |
| hill | A local and well-defined elevation of the land | |
| mountain, mount | A land mass that projects well above its surroundings | |
| promontory, headland, head, foreland | A natural elevation (especially a rocky one that juts out into the sea) | |
| ridge | A long narrow natural elevation or striation | |
| swell | A rounded elevation (especially one on an ocean floor) | |
| Broader | geological formation, formation | (geology) the geological features of the earth |
| Opposite | natural depression, depression | A sunken or depressed geological formation |
| Spanish | elevación | |
| Catalan | elevació | |
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