MountainsExciting visual images, anecdotal text, and hands-on projects enhance current research to encourage students to unravel the issues and take responsibility for ecological safety. |
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Introduction | 4 |
Mountains of the earth | 6 |
How mountains are formed | 8 |
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Africa Ahaggar Mountains Alpine marmot animals Antarctica Asia Bora Bora Bora Bora Bora called Cirque climb continental plate cracks crater Desert earth's crust earthquakes EROSION fault feet Fold mountains Fujiyama geyser glacier graben HANG GLIDING heat highest mountain Highlands Himalayas Himalayas continue hot spot hydrothermal ice dislodged Iceland India Isolated peak kilometers km/h lava layers of rock Little Ararat magma magma molten rock melting Midatlantic Ridge miles million years ago Mount Ajo Mount Ararat Mount Erebus Mount Everest mountain chains Mountain forests Mountain hare mountain ranges mountain regions mountain system mountains on land mountainside move downhill mudflows North America power plants pushed upward Range ALPS reached the surface rises rock fragments Rock layers Rockies sea level slopes snow and ice snow line soil spreading midoceanic ridges steam Surtsey tectonic plates temperature U-shaped valley Uluru underground underwater volcanic activity volcanic eruptions volcanic islands Volcanoes form weather