WRITE ANY 10 POINTS ABOUT MOUNTAINS.
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1. The world’s highest unclimbed mountain is the 24,981ft Gangkhar Puensum in Bhutan, which is the world’s 40th highest mountain.
2. There is no generally accepted definition for how tall a hill has to be to be called a mountain. Some regions say 1,000ft, others say 2,000ft.
3. The Ordnance Survey used to say 1,000ft, but they dropped that definition long ago.
4. Mount Kea in Hawaii is some 4,000ft taller than Everest if measured from its undersea base.
5. In 1999, GPS satellites showed that Everest was 7ft higher than had previously been thought.
6. Because of tectonic plate movement, Everest grows about 4mm a year.
7. Over 6,000 people have now climbed Everest including a 13-year-old American in 2010.
8. The first wedding at the summit was in 2005.
9. Scottish mountains over 3,000ft high are called Munros. British mountains and hills over 150 metres high are called Marilyns.
10. In 1974, a German team that had set out to climb Annapurna 4 was reported to have reached the top of Annapurna 2 by mistake.
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Explanation:
A mountain is a large landform that rises above the surrounding land in a limited area, usually in the form of a peak.[1] A mountain is generally considered to be steeper than a hill. Mountains are formed through tectonic forces or volcanism. These forces can locally raise the surface of the Earth. Mountains erode slowly through the action of rivers, weather conditions, and glaciers. A few mountains are isolated summits, but most occur in huge mountain ranges.
High elevations on mountains produce colder climates than at sea level. These colder climates strongly affect the ecosystems of mountains: different elevations have different plants and animals. Because of the less hospitable terrain and climate, mountains tend to be used less for agriculture and more for resource extraction and recreation, such as mountain climbing and skiing.