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The ________ is an igneous intrusion which has a surface area of at least 100 square kilometers.

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batholith

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A batholith (from Ancient Greek bathos 'depth', and lithos 'rock') is a large mass of intrusive igneous rock (also called plutonic rock), larger than 100 km2 (40 sq mi) in area, that forms from cooled magma deep in Earth's crust.

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