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What is a mountain? List the important features of mountain

Answer 1

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Mountains are prominent landforms that have significant heights above sea level and/or the surrounding land. They are steeper than hills. A mountain or mountain range usually has a peak, which is a pointed top. Mountains have different climates than land at sea level nearby flat land.

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Answer 2

MOUNTAINS ARE VERY TALL, RISING OVER ALL SURROUNDINGS AND HAVE STEEP SLOPES. THESE ARE LANDFORMS THAT COVER NEARLY 25 PER CENT OF LAND ON EARTH. NEARLY 52 PER CENT OF ASIA IS COVERED BY MOUNTAINS.

FEATURES OF MOUNTAINS:

• THE HEIGHT OF A MOUNTAIN IS MEASURED FROM ABOVE THE MEAN SEA LEVEL.
• A MOUNTAIN IS A LANDFORM THAT RISES TO A HEIGHT OF 900 METRES OR MORE ABOVE THE SEA LEVEL.
• THE POINTED TOP OF THE MOUNTAIN IS CALLED PEAK.
• THE HEIGHT AND SHAPE OF MOUNTAINS DEPEND ON WHEN THEY WERE FORMED. YOUNG MOUNTAINS LIKE THE HIMALAYAS ARE TALLER WITH CONICAL POINTED PEAKS, WHILE OLDER MOUNTAINS LIKE THE ARAVALLIS ARE SHORTER IN HEIGHT WITH ROUNDED PEAKS.
• A NUMBER OF MOUNTAINS JOIN TOGETHER TO FORM A CHAIN OR RANGE. MOUNTAIN RANGES CAN EXTEND FOR HUNDREDS OF KILOMETRES LIKE THE HIMALAYAN RANGE.

IMPORTANCE OF MOUNTAINS:

• THEY PREVENT THE SEVERE COLD AND EXTREME HOT WINDS FROM ENTERING A PARTICULAR REGION.
• RIVERS THAT ORIGINATE IN THE MOUNTAINS PROVIDE WATER FOR THE AGRICULTURE IN THE PLAINS.
• THEY ASLO HAVE DENSE FOREST RESERVES AND PASTURE OR GRAZING LANDS.
• MINERAL RESOURCES ARE ALSO FOUND IN THE MOUNTAINS.
• MANY HILL STATIONS AND OTHER PEAKS ARE POPULAR TOURIST DESTINATIONS.