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The Simen Mountains rise above the green Ethiopian Plateau, with dramatic peaks under a blue sky with scattered clouds in northwestern Ethiopia. fairy chimneys steps in the formation of a complex impact crater

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The Simen Mountains rise above the green Ethiopian Plateau, with dramatic peaks under a blue sky with scattered clouds in northwestern Ethiopia.
Ethiopia: Simien Mountains and Ethiopian Plateau Simien Mountains, rising on the Ethiopian Plateau in northwestern Ethiopia.

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landform, any conspicuous topographic feature on the Earth or a similar planetary body or satellite. Familiar examples are mountains (including volcanic cones), plateaus, and valleys. Comparable structures have been detected on Mars, Venus, the Moon, and certain satellites of Jupiter and Saturn. The term landform also can be applied to related features that occur on the floor of the Earth’s ocean basins, as, for example, seamounts, mid-oceanic ridges, and submarine canyons. A brief treatment of...

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