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inselberg Geomorphol.|ˈɪns-, ˈɪnzəlbɜːg|
Also Inselberg. Pl. -bergs, -berge.
[Ger., lit. ‘island mountain’.]
An isolated hill or mountain which rises abruptly from its surroundings, typically a plain in a hot, dry region.
[1898W. Bornhardt in Zeitschr. der deutschen geol. Ges. (Verhandl.) L. 71 Näher und ferner in ganz unregelmässiger Vertheilung erheben sich aus ihr die merkwürdigen Inselberge.] 1907Q. Jrnl. Geol. Soc. LXIII. 166 Except around a few clustered ‘island-hills’ (Insel-bergen) the drainage-gradients throughout this great basin are peculiarly low. 1913Rep. Brit. Assoc. Adv. Sci. 1912 476 A striking feature of these kopjes and inselberge is that they rise at intervals from an apparently level or undulating plain. 1918Q. Jrnl. Geol. Soc. LXXIV. 34 The bare rounded inselberg of gneiss stands alone, like an island in an undulating sea of vegetation. 1937Wooldridge & Morgan Physical Basis Geogr. xx. 310 The association of Inselberge and flat rock-plains, with or without a thin veneer of sand or gravel, is..an established fact of observation. 1954W. D. Thornbury Princ. Geomorphol. xi. 295 Others have applied inselberge rather indiscriminately to any island-like hill which stands conspicuously above its surrounding, such as the so-called sugarloafs of tropical rainy climates. 1960B. W. Sparks Geomorphol. xi. 257 Many African landscapes..consist of a series of isolated steep-sided inselbergs rising from an almost flat plain. 1969Bennison & Wright Geol. Hist. Brit. Isles xii. 272 Two important features of Triassic geography were the hills of Charnwood and the Mendips. These were inselbergs rising above the general level of the Triassic landscape but gradually buried as the deposits accumulated. |