Question

define block mountain​

Answer 1

Answer:

a mountain formed by the uplift of blocks of the earth's crust.

Explanation:

swellings of the earth's crust bound by tectonic faults. Block mountains are characterized by massiveness, steep slopes, and comparatively smooth topography. They usually arise in folded zones that once had a mountain relief but have lost their plasticity and been smoothed by denudation

Answer 2

Answer:

Block Mountains id defined as the result of faulting caused by tensile and compressive forces motored by endogenetic forces coming from within the earth, also known as fault block mountains. Block mountains repre­sent the upstanding parts of the ground between two faults or on either side of a rift valley or a graben.

Types of Block Mountains:

Essentially, block mountains are formed due to fault­ing in the ground surface. Block mountains are gener­ally of two basic types e.g.: