orogenesis

See also: orogénesis

English

orogenesis (countable and uncountable, plural orogeneses)

(geology) The process of mountain formation by deformation of the Earth's crust.

the process of mountain building by the upward folding of the Earth's crust

Arabic: تَكَوُّنُ الجِبَالِ m (takawwunu l-jibāli)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 造山運動／造山运动 (zh) (zàoshān yùndòng)
Czech: orogeneze f
Dutch: orogenese f
Georgian: ოროგენეზისი (orogenezisi), მთათწარმოქმნა (mtatc̣armokmna), ოროგენეზი (orogenezi), ოროგენი (orogeni)
German: Orogenese f, Gebirgsbildung (de) f
Greek: ορογένεση (el) f (orogénesi)
Irish: oraigineas m
Japanese: 造山運動 (ja) (ぞうざんうんどう, zōzanundō)
Kazakh: орогенез (orogenez)
Korean: 조산운동(造山運動) (ko) (josanundong)
Latin: orogenesis f
Persian: کوه‌زایی (fa)
Portuguese: orogênese (pt) m (Brazil), orogénese (pt) m (Portugal)
Russian: горообразование (ru) n (goroobrazovanije), орогенез (ru) m (orogenez)
Tamil: மலை பிறப்பு (malai piṟappu)
Thai: การก่อเทือกเขา
Turkish: orojenez (tr)
Uzbek: orogenez
Vietnamese: kiến tạo sơn (建造山), kiến tạo núi (建造𡶀)

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