Amogote(/məˈɡoʊti/)[1]is a generally isolated, steep-sided residual hill in the tropics composed of eitherlimestone,marble,ordolomite.Mogotes are surrounded by nearly flatalluvial plains.The hills typically have a rounded,tower-like form.
Overview
editThis term is used for hills, isolated or linked, with very steep, almost vertical, walls, surrounded by alluvial plains in thetropics,regardless of whether thecarbonate stratain which they have formed are folded or not.[2][3]
Mogotes are common in tropical and subtropical karst areas around the world, specifically in southernChina,theSoutheast Asiancountries ofIndonesia,Laos,Malaysia,Myanmar,thePhilippines,Thailand,andVietnam;as well as theCaribbean,especially inCubaandPuerto Rico.Los Haitises National Parkin theDominican Republicis another karst area that contains mogotes.[4]
The wordmogotecomes from theBasquewordmokoti'sharp-pointed' (frommoko'mountain peak').[5]InPuerto Rico,several mogotes along a ridge are calledpepinos.[6]
Gallery
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MogotesinPuerto Ricorising out of pineapple fields in a plain of blanket sand nearCoto Sur.The quarry in the left background is 1 kilometer east ofManati. -
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Mogotes,NorthernMatanzas Province,near the city ofCárdenas,Cuba -
Mogotesin Northern Cuba, between Matanzas and Havana Provinces -
View ofmogotesalong theNorthern karst zoneofPuerto Rico. -
MogotesinSector HessinEsperanza, Arecibo, Puerto Rico. -
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Aerial view of theChocolate Hills,Bohol,Philippines,exhibiting bothmogotesandcockpit karstcharacteristics. -
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Mogotes,Krabi Province,southernThailand. -
Islets ofmogotesinHa Long Bay,Vietnam.
See also
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References
edit- ^"mogote - Definition of mogote in English by Oxford Dictionaries".Oxford Dictionaries - English.Archived fromthe originalon December 1, 2017.
- ^Neuendorf, K. K. E., J. P. Mehl, Jr., and J. A. Jackson, 2005,Glossary of Geology,5th ed. American Geological Institute, Alexandria, Virginia. 779 p.ISBN0-922152-76-4
- ^U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 2002,A Lexicon of Cave and Karst Terminology with Special Reference to Environmental Karst Hydrology (2002 Edition).U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Research and Development, National Center for Environmental Assessment, Washington Office, Washington, D.C., EPA/600/R-02/003. 221 p.
- ^Uriarte, M.; Rivera, L.W.; Zimmerman, J.K.; Aide, T.M.; Power, A.G.; Flecker, A.S. (2004). "Effects of land use history on hurricane damage and recovery in a neotropical forest".Plant Ecology.174(1):49–58.Bibcode:2004PlEco.174...49U.doi:10.1023/B:VEGE.0000046058.00019.d9.S2CID14918767.
- ^ASALE, RAE-; RAE."mogote | Diccionario de la lengua española".«Diccionario de la lengua española» - Edición del Tricentenario(in Spanish).Retrieved2021-09-19.
- ^BALGHIN, W. G. V.; COLEMAN, A. (5 March 1965). "Puerto Rico".Geography.50(3):274–286.JSTOR40567047.
Further reading
edit- Day, M.J. (March 1978)."Morphology and distribution of residual limestone hills (mogotes) in the karst of northern Puerto Rico".Geological Society of America Bulletin.89(3):426–32.Bibcode:1978GSAB...89..426D.doi:10.1130/0016-7606(1978)89<426:madorl>2.0.co;2.