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Mountain

Mountain

• Those land forms which have height of 900mtrs or more above sea level called mountain.

Types of mountain

• Fold mountain• Block mountain• Relict mountain• Volcanic mountain

Fold mountain

• Most of the mountain we see today is fold mountains.

• They are higher when compared to others.

• Folding of plates may cause to form fold mountain.

• The highest peak in the world is Mount Everest, which is the part of Himalaya mountain.

Himalaya and Everest

Major fold mountains in the world

HimalayaThe alps

AntesRockies

Block mountain• Block mountain are formed due to

uplift of land forms due to faulting• These mountain have flat top and

steep sides• Black forest in Germany ,and Vosges

in France are best example for it

Block mountain

• Black forest in Germany is formed due to uplift of land forms on south west region.

• It is 200 km long and 60 km wide,• 12000sq km in area. • Danube is one river which originates

from this range.• the mountain sides are very thick with

forest

Black forest

Relict mountain

• Due to the weathering process ,some soft rocks are not very resistance get disintegrated. those resistant part remains, These mountain are called residual mountain

• The Aravalli range and • Nilgiris in India are best examples

Relict mountain

Mount Abu• Mount Abu was once called

Arbudanchal is highest peak in Aravalli range!

• Gurushikar is the highest peak in this range

• It is one of the summer resort in Rajasthan

• It is around 1220 mr above MSL• Mount Abu is situated 58 km away from

Palampur, Gujarat

Influence of mountain on man• Himalaya, vindhya and Satpura

influence the flora and fauna of our country• Climate :- extreme cold wind from

central Asia is blocked by Himalaya• Block the monsoon wind so that

gets rain fall in north east part of India

Flora and fauna

Himalaya• Various vegetation can be found here• Timbering is one of the major occupation

here• Terrace farming is practicing• Tea is the main plantation cultivation• Sheep rearing can also found• Holy places of different religion• Tourism also grow up• For defense and protection of life

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