Importance of mountains..k2, karakoram, mount everest....

1. IMPORTANCE OF
MOUNTAINS

2. CONTENT
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What are mountains ?
Formation of mountains
Mountains around the world
Importance of mountains
Conclusion

3. OBJECTIVE
• “Mountain is the beginning and the end of all
the natural scenery” Mountain are god given
physical features. Objective of this
presentation is to make you people aware of
the importance of mountains.

4. MOUNTAIN
• “a natural raised part of the earth‟s surface, usually
rising more or less abruptly, and larger than a hill.”

5. FORMATION OF MOUNTAINS
• Collision of plates
• deformation and thickening of crust
• crustal uplift

6. SOME CHARACTERISTICS
• 1/8 (one-eighth) of the world's people live in the
mountains.
• 1/4 (one-fourth) of the world‟s landscape is
mountainous.
• 1/2 (one-half) of the world's people rely on mountain
watersheds for fresh water.
• 3/4 (three-fourths) of the world‟s countries have
mountain ranges or high plateaus.
• 2,000,000,000 (two billion) people depend on
mountains for food, hydroelectricity, timber, or
mineral resources.

7. MOUNT EVEREST
• Himalayan Range,
Mount Everest, Nepal.
8850m
• Highest peak in the
world

8. K2 – KARAKORAM RANGE
CHINESE/PAKISTAN BORDER
• World‟s 2nd highest
mountain at 8612m.

9. ANNAPURNA –
HIMALAYA, NEPAL
• 10th highest in
world.
• Name means
„The Provider‟

10. MALAKU –
HIMALAYA, NEPAL.
• 8462m, 5th highest.

11. ACONCAGUA - ANDES,
ARGENTINA.
• At 6962m – the
highest peak in
Western
Hemisphere.

12. MT. ELBRUS – CAUCAUSES,
RUSSIA.
• At 5642m, Europe‟s
highest peak

13. THE EIGER - SWISS ALPS.
• At 3970m, one of
Europe‟s most
fearsome Peaks –

14. THE EIGER SWISS ALPS.
• The Matterhorn (4476m)
• Mont Blanc below (4807m)

15. BRITISH PEAKS – BEN NEVIS
(1343M) AND SNOWDONIA
(1085M)
• Impressive and challenging to
climbers

16. MOUNTAINS IN THE US
MCKINLEY(6194M) AND EL
CAPITAIN(2307M)
• Part of the Alaskan range, McKinley is the highest
mountain in the US.

17. MOUNTAINS IN AFRICA –
KILIMANJARO (5963M)AND
MOUNT KENYA(5199)
• Kili is the biggest extinct volcano in the world.
• Mt Kenya is also an extinct volcano.

18. JAPAN‟S HIGHEST MOUNTAIN
MOUNT FUJI (3776M)
• Close to Tokyo.
• first climbed by a monk

19. IMPORTANCE OF MOUNTAINS
• Agriculture
• resource value
• influence on climates
• the water cycle,
• Source of water
• political significance of mountains
• Tourist centres
• biodiversity.

20. AGRICULTURE
• Rivers that originate from mountains form different
type of plains

21. RESOURCE VALUE
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Minerals
Timber
Medicinal herbs
Wood for making pulp
Tea and coffee plantations

22. INFLUENCE ON CLIMATES
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Serve as climatic divide between two adjoinig regions
Impact on weather patterns
Regulate climate
Contain glaciers which radiate the radiation

23. MOUNTAINS
RAIN SHADOW

24. THE WATER CYCLE
• Key role in hydrological cycle
• Generation of hydro-electricity

25. SOURCE OF WATER
• Source of major rivers of the world
• Promote irrigation
• 1/2 (one-half) of the world's people rely on mountain
watersheds for fresh water.

26. POLITICAL SIGNIFICANCE OF
MOUNTAINS
• Political frontiers between countires
• protection

27. TOURIST CENTRES
• Salubrious climate
• Beautiful scenery
• Additional encouragement to hotel industry

28. CENTRES OF BIODIVERSITY
• Greatest diversity of vascular plant species
• Fauna
• 17% of world‟s population live in, on or at the edges
of mountains

29. CONCLUSION
• Mountain are god given physical features. They
occupy one-fifth of the earth's surface area. They
provide direct life suppport for about 10 per cent of
humankind and are repositories of great ecological
and hydrological importance.