Truncated upland

[1][2] The term Rumpfgebirge ("rump mountains") was first introduced into the literature in 1886 by Ferdinand von Richthofen.

[3] The rumps of the former mountain ranges may be found in many lowland regions of the Earth's crust (where they form the so-called basement rocks) and especially outcrop in Central Europe through more recent tectonics.This could result in an uplifted peneplain which is one type of truncated upland.

This mountain formation took place in the Middle Palaeozoic, during the Devonian and Carboniferous epochs about 350 to 250 million years ago.

During the course of subsequent earth history, fault block tectonics followed, which characterised the present appearance of the German Central Uplands.

In North America the almost 3,000-kilometre-long mountain chain of the Appalachians is one of the largest areas of truncated highland in the world.