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A fell ( from Old Norse " fell ", " fjall ", " mountain ") is a high and barren landscape feature , such as a mountain range or moor - covered hills . The term is most often employed in Fennoscandia , the ___MASK41___ , parts of Northern ___MASK87___ , and Scotland . The Alps are the highest and most extensive mountain range system that lies entirely in Europe , stretching approximately across eight Alpine countries : ___MASK71___ , France , Germany , Italy , Liechtenstein , Monaco , Slovenia , and Switzerland . The mountains were formed over tens of millions of years as the African and Eurasian tectonic plates collided . Extreme shortening caused by the event resulted in marine sedimentary rocks rising by thrusting and folding into high mountain peaks such as Mont Blanc and the Matterhorn . Mont Blanc spans the French  Italian border , and at is the highest mountain in the Alps . The Alpine region area contains about a hundred peaks higher than 4000 metres ( just over 13 , 000 feet ). A river is a natural flowing watercourse , usually freshwater , flowing towards an ocean , sea , lake or another river . In some cases a river flows into the ground and becomes dry at the end of its course without reaching another body of water . Small rivers can be referred to using names such as stream , creek , brook , rivulet , and rill . There are no official definitions for the generic term river as applied to geographic features , although in some countries or communities a stream is defined by its size . Many names for small rivers are specific to geographic location ; examples are " run " in some parts of the ___MASK95___ , " burn " in Scotland and northeast ___MASK87___ , and " beck " in northern ___MASK87___ . Sometimes a river is defined as being larger than a creek , but not always : the language is vague . ___MASK31___ , also described as the Republic of ___MASK31___ ('), is a sovereign state in north - western Europe occupying about five - sixths of the island of ___MASK31___ . The capital and largest city is Dublin , which is located on the eastern part of the island , and whose metropolitan area is home to around a third of the country ' s 4 . 75 million inhabitants . The state shares its only land border with Northern ___MASK31___ , a part of the ___MASK55___ . It is otherwise surrounded by the ___MASK11___ , with the Celtic Sea to the south , Saint George ' s Channel to the south - east , and the Irish Sea to the east . It is a unitary , parliamentary republic . The legislature , the ', consists of a lower house , ', an upper house , ', and an elected President (') who serves as the largely ceremonial head of state , but with some important powers and duties . The head of government is the ' ( Prime Minister , literally ' Chief ', a title not used in English ), who is elected by the Dáil and appointed by the President , and appoints other government ministers . An ice shelf is a thick floating platform of ice that forms where a glacier or ice sheet flows down to a coastline and onto the ocean surface . Ice shelves are only found in ___MASK24___ , Greenland , ___MASK99___ and the Russian Arctic . The boundary between the floating ice shelf and the grounded ( resting on bedrock ) ice that feeds it is called the grounding line . The thickness of ice shelves ranges from about 100 to 1000 meters . A waterfall is a place where water flows over a vertical drop or a series of drops in the course of a stream or river . Waterfalls also occur where meltwater drops over the edge of a tabular iceberg or ice shelf . Hilton Falls Conservation Area located in Campbellville , Ontario is a conservation area known for its ten - metre waterfall and hiking trails . It constitutes 645 hectares ( 1 , 590 acres ) and also offers mountain biking , cross - country skiing . It is owned and operated by Conservation Halton . Hilton Falls Conservation Area was first a 200 - acre ( 0 . 81 km2 ) property that was purchased from a private landowner in 1963 for $ 45 , 000 . Hiking is the preferred term , in ___MASK99___ and the United States , for a long , vigorous walk , usually on trails ( footpaths ), in the countryside , while the word walking is used for shorter , particularly urban walks . On the other hand , in the United Kingdom , and the Republic of Ireland , the word " walking " is acceptable to describe " all forms " of walking , whether it is a walk in the park or backpacking in the Alps . The word hiking is also often used in the UK , along with rambling ( a slightly old - fashioned term ), hillwalking , and fell walking ( a term mostly used for hillwalking in northern England ). In New Zealand a long , vigorous walk or hike is called tramping . It is a popular activity with numerous worldwide , and studies suggest that all forms of walking have health benefits . ___MASK87___ is a country that is part of the United Kingdom . It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and ___MASK60___ to the west . The Irish Sea lies northwest of ___MASK87___ and the Celtic Sea lies to the southwest . ___MASK87___ is separated from continental Europe by the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south . The country covers five - eighths of the island of Great Britain ( which lies in the North Atlantic ) in its centre and south ; and includes over 100 smaller islands such as the Isles of Scilly , and the Isle of Wight .