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101 words in mountains
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A
ablation
ah-BLAY-shun
accumulation zone
ah-KYOO-myoo-LAY-shun zohn
afterwash
AF-ter-wash
aiguille
ay-GWEE
alpenglow
AL-pen-gloh
altiplano
al-tee-PLAH-noh
anabatic
an-ah-BAT-ik
arête
ah-RET
aspen
AS-pen
avalanche
AV-uh-lanch
avern
AH-vern
B
bajada
bah-HAH-duh
banner cloud
BAN-er KLOWD
basin and range
BAY-sin und RAYNJ
bealach
BYAH-luhkh
berg
BAIRG
berg wind
BERG vint
bergschrund
BERG-shroond
bluebird
BLOO-burd
bora
BOH-rah
brocken spectre
BROK-en SPEK-ter
butte
BYOOT
buttress
BUH-tris
C
cairn
KAIRN
caldera
kal-DEHR-ah
cerro de trincheras
SEH-roh deh trin-CHEH-rahs
chadar
CHAH-dar
chinook
shin-OOK
cirque
SIRK
colluvium
koh-LOO-vee-um
cordillera
kor-dil-YEHR-ah
cornice
KOR-nis
corrie
KOR-ee
couloir
cool-WAHR
crag
KRAG
crevasse
kreh-VASS
cwm
KOOM
E
elfinwood
EL-fin-wood
exposure
ex-POH-zhur
F
fault scarp
FAWLT SKAHRP
firn
FEERN
fjord
FYORD
flatiron
FLAT-eye-urn
foehn
fumarole
FYOO-mah-role
G
gendarme
zhon-DARM
glen
GLEN
glory
GLOR-ee
graybird
GRAY-burd
gulch
GUHLCH
H
headwaters
HED-wah-terz
Helm wind
HELM wind
horst
HORST
I
icefall
EYES-fawl
inselberg
IN-sel-berg
isothermic
eye-so-THER-mik
J
jökulhlaup
YUR-kul-loip
K
katabatic
kat-ah-BAT-ik
krummholz
KRUM-holts
L
lahar
LAH-har
lenticular
len-TIK-yoo-ler
lochan
LOKH-an
M
massif
mah-SEEF
mesa
MAY-sah
monadnock
moh-NAD-nok
moraine
moh-RAIN
moulin
moo-LAN
N
neve
NEH-vay
nunatak
NUN-ah-tak
P
pediment
PED-ih-ment
penitentes
pen-ih-TEN-tays
picacho
pee-KAH-choh
piedmont
PEED-mont
piteraq
PEE-teh-rak
poort
POORT
ptarmigan
TAR-mih-gun
pyroclastic flow
py-roh-KLAS-tik
R
rain shadow
RAIN SHAD-oh
randonnée
ron-duh-NAY
rido
REE-doh
S
saxifrage
SAX-ih-frij
scree
SKREE
serac
seh-RACK
shieling
SHEEL-ing
sidecountry
SYDE kuhn-tree
spindrift
SPIN-drift
sun crust
SUHN krust
suncups
SUHN-kups
switchback
SWICH-bak
T
talus
TAL-us
tarn
TARN
terrace
TAIR-uhs
timberline
TIM-ber-lyne
tramontane
trah-mon-TAHN
transhumance
tranz-HYOO-munts
trimline
TRIM-lyne
tuckamore
TUK-ah-more
U
uplift
UHP-lift
V
verglas
vehr-GLAH
X
xenolith
ZEN-uh-lith
Z
zonda
ZONE-dah