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MountainsMountains An Introduction An Introduction


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What do you know ?What do you know ?

• Write down anything that comes to mind when

you think of the word ‘Mountain’

• Have you ever visited or climbed one ?

• What sorts of things would you e!ect to see on

a mountain ?

• Where are mountains ?


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"et’s look at some mountains"et’s look at some mountains

• While you look at the slides # think about

the following

• What is the weather like ?

• $an you see anything growing or living ?

• What sha!e is the mountain ?

• %o !eo!le use the mountain # and if so&

what for ?

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• Himalayan 'ange& Mount(verest& )e!al* ++,-m

• Highest !eak in the world

• ./0 was used in 1222 toverify its height*

• 3irst scaled in 12,+*

• 4-- climbers from 5-

countries have reachedthe !eak*

• 1-- have died*

Mount (verestMount (verest


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65 # 6arakoram 'ange65 # 6arakoram 'ange

$hinese7/akistan border $hinese7/akistan border

• World’s 5nd highest mountain at

+415m*

• )amed using surveyors

notation*

• A giant !yramid of sheer ice

with a ma8e of !reci!ices

• 9ltimate climbers !eak*

• :etween 12--;,- many

unsuccessful attem!ts made*

• 3inally scaled 12,


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Anna!urna # Himalaya& )e!al Anna!urna # Himalaya& )e!al

• +-21meters high&

1-th highest in

world*

• )ame means ‘=he

/rovider’

• .iant glaciers

em!ty into the 6ali

.andaki river*


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• +ery isolated /yramidsha!e

• < shar! ridges

• /icture taken from(verest*

Malaku # Himalaya& )e!al*Malaku # Himalaya& )e!al*


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Aconcagua ; Andes& Argentina* Aconcagua ; Andes& Argentina*

• At 4245m # thehighest !eak in

Western

Hemis!here*

• %eath tolls high& as

climbers go u! too

fast*

• )o res!ect for

altitude or weather*


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Mt* (lbrus # $aucauses& 'ussia*Mt* (lbrus # $aucauses& 'ussia*

• At ,4


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=he (iger ; 0wiss Al!s*=he (iger ; 0wiss Al!s*

• At 2@-m& one of

(uro!e’s most fearsome

• /eaks # etremely difficult

to climb*

• Its name means‘gre’&

and it has a severely

towering )orth face*

• Has claimed the lives ofmany $limbers*


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=he Matterhorn to the right B


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:ritish /eaks # :en )evis B1


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Mountains in the 90Mountains in the 90

Mc6inleyB412


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Mountains in Africa # 6ilimanFaroMountains in Africa # 6ilimanFaro

B,24mCand Mount 6enyaB,122CB,24mCand Mount 6enyaB,122C• 6ili is the biggest etinct volcano in the world& and Africa’s highest mountain*

• Mt 6enya is also an etinct volcano* :oth mountains rise u! from the flat

!lains*

• =heir sides are covered at lower levels in scrub which is rich in wildlife and

vegetation* (le!hant& leo!ard and rhino hide in the scrub& and bamboo and

cam!hor grow along side al!ine flowers on the u!!er slo!es*


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a!an’s highest mountaina!an’s highest mountain

Mount 3uFi B@@4mCMount 3uFi B@@4mC

• What sort of mountain is this ?

"ook at its sha!e*

• $lose to =oyko& this mountain is

a centre for winter and summer

s!orts* 0acred to the 0hintoand :uddist religions

• It was first climbed by a monk in

the @th century* /eo!le still

climb it today as a form of!ilgrimage* =here are three

tem!les on the summit*


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0ome funny sha!ed eam!les0ome funny sha!ed eam!les

6nown as ‘0ugar "oaf’ and ‘=able’& these mountains show the variety of sha!es=hat mountains come in& de!ending on the eact circumstances surrounding

=heir creation* 0ome come into being as a result of tectonic !lates crashing

Into each other& some due to !lates !ushing one under the other& and still others

3rom !lates moving away from each other as we shall see*

$an you tell what might have caused these sha!es ?


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=his is what a mountain looks like on a ma!*=his is what a mountain looks like on a ma!*

What do you notice about the lines on the ma! ? $an you read the numbers ?What do they mean ? "ook at an atlas and find a !lace where the ground is

high* $an you identify a hill or a mountain ?


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0o # what have we learnt ?0o # what have we learnt ?

• =here are mountains all over the world& and they come in all different sha!es andsi8es*

• =hey often have mystical significance for local !eo!le*

• )ot much grows or survives u! high on the mountains given the weatherconditions

• Mountains have !roved to be fascinating to men who wish to scale them des!itethe obvious dangers*

• =he creation of Mountains is to do with forces below the earth’s surface

• =hat the tem!erature at the bottom of the mountain is different from that at the to!*

•=hat it is im!ortant to !reserve these environments as they !lay a key role in thewater cycle& energy creation& and biodiversity*


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