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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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