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Originally appearing in Volume V17, Page 867 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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MASSIF , a See also:

French See also:term, adopted in See also:geology and See also:physical See also:geography for a mountainous See also:mass or See also:group of connected heights, whether isolated or forming See also:part of a larger See also:mountain See also:system. A " massif " is more or less clearly marked off by valleys.

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