List Of Mountains In Garfield County, Montana
There are at least 74 named mountains in Garfield County, Montana. * Adams Rocky Butte, , el. * Baker Point, , el. * Baldy Butte, , el. * Barney Pinnacle, , el. * Battleship Butte, , el. * Biscuit Butte, , el. * Black Butte (Garfield County, Montana), Black Butte, , el. * Black Hills (Garfield County, Montana), Black Hills, , el. * Blazier Butte, , el. * Boslough Butte, , el. * Brownie Butte, , el. * Brownie Butte, , el. * Buffalo Hill (Montana), Buffalo Hill, , el. * Buffalo Scott Butte, , el. * Cap Rock Butte, , el. * Castle Butte (Garfield County), Castle Butte, , el. * Castle Butte (Garfield County), Castle Butte, , el. * Chalk Butte, , el. * Coal Bank Hill, , el. * Coffin Butte, , el. * Cox Butte, , el. * Crown Butte, , el. * Darby Buttes, , el. * Elephant Butte (Montana), Elephant Butte, , el. * Emma Butte, , el. * Fig Mountain, , el. * Finley Butte, , el. * Froehlich Butte, , el. * Hawks Nest (Garfield County, Montana), Hawks Nest, , el. * Haysta ...
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Mountain
A mountain is an elevated portion of the Earth's crust, generally with steep sides that show significant exposed bedrock. Although definitions vary, a mountain may differ from a plateau in having a limited Summit (topography), summit area, and is usually higher than a hill, typically rising at least 300 metres (1,000 feet) above the surrounding land. A few mountains are Monadnock, isolated summits, but most occur in mountain ranges. Mountain formation, Mountains are formed through Tectonic plate, tectonic forces, erosion, or volcanism, which act on time scales of up to tens of millions of years. Once mountain building ceases, mountains are slowly leveled through the action of weathering, through Slump (geology), slumping and other forms of mass wasting, as well as through erosion by rivers and glaciers. High elevations on mountains produce Alpine climate, colder climates than at sea level at similar latitude. These colder climates strongly affect the Montane ecosystems, ecosys ...
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