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What is a massif?

What is a massif? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. A principal mountain mass.
  2. A block of the earth's crust bounded by faults or flexures and displaced as a unit without internal change; normally consists of gneisses and schists
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And my third is a mountain massif just about rugged enough to match its inhabitants.
Beyond, out of sight, rise the peaks of the Grampian massif, the high heart of Scotland with its austere tracks leading to lonely places.
It is at least another day's drive to el Geneina, if the road is not cut by wadis carrying rainwater from the massif of Jebel Marra.
However, it extends across the mountain massif to include part of the western flowing Dyfi drainage.
If the dissolution process has operated efficiently through time, then extensive caves will be found in a limestone massif.
This cave is set in a limestone massif on the left bank of the river Verdouble.

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