List Of Mountains In Yellowstone County, Montana
There are at least 17 named mountains in Yellowstone County, Montana. * Bender Hill, , el. * Castle Butte (Yellowstone County), Castle Butte, , el. * Deer Point, , el. * Fivemile Hill, , el. * Lookout Point, , el. * Mail Box Hill, , el. * McCormick Hill, , el. * Mexican Buttes, , el. * Mud Butte, , el. * Ninemile Hill, , el. * Ninemile Hill, , el. * Rattlesnake Butte, , el. * Round Butte, , el. * Steamboat Butte, , el. * Stratford Hill, , el. * Twin Buttes, , el. * Woody Mountain, , el. See also * List of mountains in Montana * List of mountain ranges in Montana Notes

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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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