Mountains

See also geography; heights; volcanoes.

acrophilia

a love of high mountains and of heights. —acrophile, n.

alpinism

the climbing of the Alps or any equally high mountain ranges. —alpinist, n.

orogenesis

the process of the formation of mountains. Also called orogeny. —orogenic, adj.

orography

Physical Geography. the study of mountains and mountain systems. —orographic, oreographic, oreographical, orographical, adj.

orology

the scientific study of mountains. —orologist, oreologist, n. —orological, oreological, adj.

orometry

the measurement of mountains. —orometric, adj.

orophilous

Botany. referring to orophytes, a class of plants growing on mountains below the timberline.