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Rocks formations and the Dedo de Deus (God's Finger) peak in the background, Serra dos Órgãos National Park, Rio de Janeiro state, Brazil
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Raouché or Pigeons' Rock in Beirut, Lebanon
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Druid Arch, Canyonlands National Park, Utah, US
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View of Meteora, Greece
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Rock formations in Ongamira Valley, Sierras de Córdoba, Argentina
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Belogradchik Rocks, Balkan Mountains, Bulgaria
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"Jaws", an erosional fin in Little Finland, Nevada, US
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"Hajdučka vrata" on Čvrsnica, Herzegovina
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Paklenica, Croatia
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Devil's Town, Serbia
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Three Sisters in Blue Mountains, Australia

A rock formation is an isolated, scenic, or spectacular surface rock outcrop. Rock formations are usually the result of weathering and erosion sculpting the existing rock. The term rock formation can also refer to specific sedimentary strata or other rock unit in stratigraphic and petrologic studies.

A rock structure can be created in any rock type or combination:

  • Igneous rocks are created when molten rock cools and solidifies, with or without crystallisation. They may be either plutonic bodies or volcanic extrusive. Again, erosive forces sculpt their current forms.
  • Metamorphic rocks are created by rocks that have been transformed into another kind of rock, usually by some combination of heat, pressure, and chemical alteration.
  • Sedimentary rocks are created by a variety of processes but usually involving deposition, grain by grain, layer by layer, in water or, in the case of terrestrial sediments, on land through the action of wind or sometimes moving ice. Erosion later exposes them in their current form.

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AsiaEdit

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ChinaEdit

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Hong KongEdit

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IndiaEdit

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LebanonEdit

MongoliaEdit

PakistanEdit

ThailandEdit

TurkeyEdit

Other countriesEdit

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AfricaEdit

KenyaEdit

LibyaEdit

MadagascarEdit

MauritaniaEdit

NamibiaEdit

NigeriaEdit

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South AfricaEdit

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    Domes de Fabedougou, Burkina Faso

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    Kola Gorge rock structures, Cameroon

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    Vingerklip at Ugab Valley in Namibia

North AmericaEdit

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CanadaEdit

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CaribbeanEdit

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MexicoEdit

Central AmericaEdit

  • Bosque del Cabo, Osa Peninsula, Costa Rica
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South AmericaEdit

ArgentinaEdit

BoliviaEdit

  • Dali's Desert, Potosi
  • Valle de Las Rocas, Uyuni
  • Canon de Duene

BrazilEdit

ChileEdit

ColombiaEdit

EcuadorEdit

Falkland IslandsEdit

ParaguayEdit

PeruEdit

UruguayEdit

  • Sierra de Mahoma, San José
  • Cerro Arequita, Lavalleja

VenezuelaEdit

EuropeEdit

AlbaniaEdit

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Bosnia and HerzegovinaEdit

BulgariaEdit

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A view of the Wonderful Bridges, Bulgaria

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CroatiaEdit

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Paklenica, Croatia

Czech RepublicEdit

DenmarkEdit

EstoniaEdit

FinlandEdit

FranceEdit

GeorgiaEdit

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Lange Anna

GermanyEdit

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Meteora with Greek Orthodox monasteries

GreeceEdit

GibraltarEdit

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The iconic Rock of Gibraltar

Bailiwick of GuernseyEdit

IcelandEdit

IrelandEdit

ItalyEdit

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Pietra di Bismantova, Italy

LatviaEdit

  • Vidzeme
  • Pusena Kalns, Bartava

North MacedoniaEdit

MaltaEdit

Isle of ManEdit

NorwayEdit

PolandEdit

PortugalEdit

RomaniaEdit

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The collapsed Bride's Cave (Salt Mountain) from Slănic, Romania

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RussiaEdit

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Kigilyakhs in the Ulakhan-Sis Range.

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SerbiaEdit

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Vratna Gates natural stone bridges in Serbia

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SpainEdit

SwedenEdit

SwitzerlandEdit

SlovakiaEdit

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Gotická brána, Sulov rocks, Slovakia

UkraineEdit

United KingdomEdit

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OceaniaEdit

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Talava arches, Niue

AustraliaEdit

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Uluru, Australia

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New ZealandEdit

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Castle Hill, New Zealand

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Other countriesEdit

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