<P> In physical geography and geology, a horst is the raised fault block bounded by normal faults or graben . A horst is a raised block of the Earth's crust that has lifted, or has remained stationary, while the land on either side has subsided . Horst is Dutch and German for heap . </P> <P> The Vosges Mountains in France and Black Forest in Germany are examples of horsts, as are the Table, Jura and the Dole mountains . The word is also applied to larger areas, such as the Russian Plain, Arabia, India and Central South Africa, where the continent remains stable, with horizontal table - land stratification, in distinction to folded regions such as the Eurasian chains . </P>

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