Premium Only Content

How Mountains Are Created - Geography Basics
How Mountains Are Created - Geography Basics
A mountain is an elevated portion of the Earth's crust, generally with steep sides that show significant exposed bedrock. Although definitions vary, a mountain may differ from a plateau in having a limited summit area, and is usually higher than a hill, typically rising at least 300 metres (980 ft) above the surrounding land. A few mountains are isolated summits, but most occur in mountain ranges.
Mountains are formed through tectonic forces, erosion, or volcanism, which act on time scales of up to tens of millions of years. Once mountain building ceases, mountains are slowly leveled through the action of weathering, through slumping and other forms of mass wasting, as well as through erosion by rivers and glaciers.
High elevations on mountains produce colder climates than at sea level at similar latitude. These colder climates strongly affect the ecosystems of mountains: different elevations have different plants and animals. Because of the less hospitable terrain and climate, mountains tend to be used less for agriculture and more for resource extraction, such as mining and logging, along with recreation, such as mountain climbing and skiing.
The highest mountain on Earth is Mount Everest in the Himalayas of Asia, whose summit is 8,850 m (29,035 ft) above mean sea level. The highest known mountain on any planet in the Solar System is Olympus Mons on Mars at 21,171 m (69,459 ft).
More geography related videos here
https://rumble.com/playlists/cYA64Dyo9DY
-
LIVE
The Bubba Army
20 hours agoDiddy BEGS for Mercy in Judge Letter - Bubba the Love Sponge® Show | 10/03/25
6,308 watching -
LIVE
ZENNY
1 hour agoBO7 IS HERE BOT POV MF HAHAHAHA 6v6 PG18+ | UNFILTERED CHAT | CURSES AND BAD
59 watching -
15:17
Actual Justice Warrior
2 days agoBLM Leader CONVICTED Of Fraud
8.26K27 -
13:19
Zoufry
2 days agoThe Grandpa Gang Who Robbed a Bang For $16 Million
7.56K4 -
2:18:45
The China Show
3 days agoChinese Citizens STRIKE BACK + China's Sick New Punishment Exposed - #282
9.45K4 -
25:20
The Chris Cuomo Project
1 day agoChris Cuomo EXPOSES Lies Behind the Government Shutdown
10.2K33 -
21:03
Nate The Lawyer
1 day ago $2.66 earnedChicago Mayor Brandon Johnson Under Fire Over ‘Defund’ Remarks Amid Crime Concerns
12.2K11 -
8:05
MattMorseTV
16 hours ago $12.25 earnedSchumer’s SECRET AGENDA just got EXPOSED.
45.3K40 -
16:37
Robbi On The Record
10 hours ago $1.58 earnedThe Theater of Manufactured Outrage - When Left and Right Dance for the Same Puppet Master
10.1K4 -
14:31
Sponsored By Jesus Podcast
19 hours agoSATAN Knows Scripture Better Than You | Reading the Bible
11.4K4