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What are the major types of mountains

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Mountains are divided into four main types: upwarped, volcanic, fault-block, and folded (complex). Upwarpedmountains form from pressure under the earth's crust pushing upward into a peak. Volcanic mountains are formed from eruptions of hot magma from the earth's core.
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folded, fault-block, volcanic

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