natural elevation

/ˌnætʃərəl ˈɛləˌveɪʃən/

Other forms: natural elevations

Definitions of natural elevation

1. noun

   a raised or elevated geological formation
   synonyms: elevation, eminence

   antonyms:

   natural depression

   a sunken or depressed geological formation

   types:

   highland, upland

   elevated (e.g., mountainous) land

   hill

   a local and well-defined elevation of the land

   mount, mountain

   a land mass that projects well above its surroundings; higher than a hill

   foreland, head, headland, promontory

   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)

   alp

   any high mountain

   bank

   a long ridge or pile

   bar

   a submerged (or partly submerged) ridge in a river or along a shore

   ben

   a mountain or tall hill

   butte

   a hill that rises abruptly from the surrounding region; has a flat top and sloping sides

   down

   (usually plural) a rolling treeless highland with little soil

   dune, sand dune

   a ridge of sand created by the wind; found in deserts or near lakes and oceans

   esker

   (geology) a long winding ridge of post glacial gravel and other sediment; deposited by meltwater from glaciers or ice sheets

   foothill

   a relatively low hill on the lower slope of a mountain

   hammock, hillock, hummock, knoll, mound

   a small natural hill

   ledge, shelf

   a projecting ridge on a mountain or submerged under water

   mull

   a term used in Scottish names of promontories

   point

   a promontory extending out into a large body of water

   reef

   a submerged ridge of rock or coral near the surface of the water

   ripple mark

   one of a series of small ridges produced in sand by water currents or by wind

   seamount

   an underwater mountain rising above the ocean floor

   plateau, tableland

   a relatively flat raised area of land

   tor

   a high rocky hill

   volcano

   a mountain formed by volcanic material

   type of:

   formation, geological formation

   (geology) the geological features of the earth