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Mountain Environments
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WALT
• To investigate different mountainenvironments and how they are used
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Mountains
• Can anyone name any mountain ranges?
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Mountains ranges around the world
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Mountain Ranges
•Today we are going to be looking at how
mountain environments differ around the
world
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Mount Everest
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Mount Everest
• Where is Mount Everest located?
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Mount Everest
• Highest peak in the world- 8,850 m
• Part of the Himalayan Range in Nepal
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First climbed in 1958• 600 climbers from 20 countries have
reached its peak
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100 people have died
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Mount Everest
•Very dangerous mountain.
• Temperatures vary. In summer
temperature are -20ºc and in winter they
can fall to -35ºc.• Many people have died most commonly
from avalanches, falls in crevasses, cold,
or the effects of thin air.• Very expensive to climb- lots of equipment
required included bottled oxygen.
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Mount Everest
• Why do people visit Mount Everest?
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French Alps
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French Alps
• Where are the French Alps?
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French Alps
• Around 13 million people live in the Alps
• Around 100 million people visit the Alps
each year
• Mont Blanc is the tallest mountain at
4,807m
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Temperature vary. In the winter theaverage temperature is 1ºc whereas in the
summer temperatures reach 20ºc.
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French Alps
• Numerous resort towns that tourists visit.
• Place of beauty and attractive scenery-
includes lakes which are used for water
sports. The most famous is Lake Geneva
• Used for outdoor activities including skiing,
paragliding and white water rafting.
• Tourist attraction but people live here too
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Mount Vesuvius
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Mount Vesuvius
• Where is Mount Vesuvius?
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Mount Vesuvius
• Vesuvius is in Naples, Italy
• 1,281 m in height
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2 million people live in the surroundingarea of Vesuvius
• Active volcano- erupts quite regularly and
is one of the most dangerous volcanoes inthe world
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Mount Vesuvius
• Ancient city of Pompeii is 5 miles away
• 79 AD Vesuvius erupted and buried the
Roman town of Pompeii in 10 inches of
ash, destroying the town
• After another explosion the city was
discovered and preserved
• Temperatures: On average in summer=
29ºc and in winter 12ºc
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Pompeii
• Ancient city has been preserved- can see
ruins of the Roman city and bodies of
people who have been preserved
• Historic place that you can visit- very
popular with tourists
• National park- visitors can climb to summit
of the volcano
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Vesuvius and Pompeii
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POMPEII
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Mountains
• 3 very different mountain ranges
• Mountains are different heights
• People come here for different purposes
• Huge differences in temperature
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TASK
• WALT: Imagine that you have recently
visited one of these mountain ranges. A
friend is asking you where they should go
on holiday.
• Write a letter to your friend recommending
the place to them
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TASK
• You will need to include:
• Information about the mountain- height,
location
• Temperatures in summer and winter-
when would be the best time for them to
go?
• What there is to do there e.g. Skiing, sight
seeing, walking, swimming
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