Devil's Tower, Wyoming, a prominent basalt (traprock) landscape feature Traprock (or basalt) mountains, ridges, (or just traps) are elevated landscape features made of the rockknown as basaltand its close relatives . Basalt, an iron-rich rock otherwise known as traprock , is a characteristically dark-colored rock that weathers to shades of red and purplish-red when exposed to the air. Basalt is the substance of many elevated topographic features worldwide (hills, mountains, ridges, rock formations, etc.). Landscape features composed of basalt may include:
Devil's Tower, Wyoming, a prominent basalt (traprock) landscape feature Traprock (or basalt) mountains, ridges, (or just traps) are elevated landscape features made of trap rock, most often basalt . Basalt, due to its high quantity of iron , is a characteristically dark-colored rock that weathers to shades of red and purplish-red when exposed to the air. Basalt is the substance of many elevated topographic features worldwide (hills, mountains, ridges, rock formations, etc.). Landscape features composed of basalt may include:
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the rockknown as basaltand its close relatives
trap rock, most often basalt
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an iron-rich rock otherwise known as traprock
due to its high quantity of iron