| A | B |
| actual height | Height of a mountain above the surrounding territory |
| butte | Narrow, flat-topped hill |
| depositional mountain | Mountain or hill that forms by accumulation or piling up of rock materials |
| drumlin | Elongated, streamlined hill made up of glacial till |
| elevation | Altitude of a mountain's summit above sea level |
| erosional mountain | Mountain which has been carved out by extensive erosion usually from a plateau |
| fault | Crack in a rock along which there has been movement |
| fault-block mountain | Mountain bounded by at least one fault |
| fold mountain | Mountain apparently formed by the folding of rocks |
| mesa | Small, isolated, high plateau with a flat top and steep sides; common in arid regions of the western and southwestern United States |
| monadnock | Isolated mountain that was resistant to erosion while the area around it was eroded to a flat plain |
| mountain range | Series of mountains arranged in a line and connected by more or less elevated ground |
| mountain system | Group of moiuntain ranges |