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Which of the following pairs is NOT correctly matched?

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0%(A) Sierra Nevada — Block Mountain
0%(B) Mt. Monadnock — Residual Mountain
0%(C) Mt. Kilimanjaro — Volcanic Mountain
100%(D) Vosges — Fold Mountain ( 1 voter )
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The Vosges is NOT a fold mountain; it is a Block Mountain (Horst) located in France. It formed alongside the Black Forest in Germany when the intervening land subsided to create the Rhine Rift Valley. Sierra Nevada is a tilted block, Monadnock is a classic residual peak and Kilimanjaro is a volcanic stratovolcano. ANSWER: (D) Vosges — Fold Mountain

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  1. Geographical classification of mountains is a frequent exam topic. The Vosges mountains are structurally block mountains formed by faulting and crustal uplift associated with rifting in Western Europe. They are the twin of the Black Forest range. Fold mountains, like the Alps, are formed by the buckling of crustal layers, which is not the case for the Vosges. Statement A is correct (Sierra Nevada is a massive block), B is correct (Monadnock is the namesake for isolated residual hills) and C is correct (Kilimanjaro is Africa’s most famous volcanic peak). Therefore, pair D is the incorrect match.

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