Draft:Outline of mountains
The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to mountains:
A mountain is an elevated portion of the surface of a planet, 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 600 metres (2,000 ft) above the surrounding land. A few mountains are isolated summits, but most occur in mountain ranges.[page needed]
What type of things are mountains?
[edit | edit source]Mountains can be described as all of the following:
- Landform – natural feature of the solid surface of the Earth or other planetary body. Landforms together make up a given terrain, and their arrangement in the landscape is known as topography. Typical landforms include hills, mountains, plateaus, canyons, valleys, as well as shoreline features such as bays, peninsulas, and seas, including submerged features such as mid-ocean ridges, mountains, and the great ocean basins.
Types of mountains
[edit | edit source]Types of groups of mountains
[edit | edit source]- Cordillera
- Inselberg field
- Hügelland
- Monogenetic volcanic field
- Mountain range
- Polygenetic volcanic field
- Undulating hilly land[1]
Features of mountains
[edit | edit source]Specific mountains
[edit | edit source]History of mountains
[edit | edit source]Mountain geology
[edit | edit source]- Geology of the Alps
- Geology of the Appalachians
- Geology of the Ellsworth Mountains
- Geology of the Himalayas
- Geology of the Pyrenees
- Geology of the Rocky Mountains
- Geology of the Western Carpathians
- Mountain formation
Ecology of mountains
[edit | edit source]- Montane ecosystems
- Alpine climate
- Alpine plant
- Alpine storms
- Altiplano
- Altitudinal zonation
- Life zones of central Europe
- Climate of Peru
- Continental divide
- Couloir
- Fellfield
- Fir wave
- Firn
- Freezing level
- Glacial stream
- Glacier
- Hill people
- International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development
- Krummholz
- List of life zones by region
- Life zones of Peru
- Life zones of the Mediterranean region
- Montane grasslands and shrublands
- Mountain pass
- Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve
- Ecology of the North Cascades
- Páramo
- Permafrost
- Quechua (geography)
- Retreat of glaciers since 1850
- Ridge
- Rupa-Rupa
- Scree
- Sky island
- Snow line
- Subglacial stream
- Suni (geography)
- Syngenetic permafrost growth
- Tibetan Plateau
- Tierra fría
- Tierra helada
- Tierra templada
- Tree line
- Yukon Ice Patches
- Yungas
Mountain-related activities
[edit | edit source]Mountain-related organizations
[edit | edit source]Mountain-related international organizations
[edit | edit source]Mountain-related national organizations
[edit | edit source]Mountain-related government organizations
[edit | edit source]Mountain-related publications
[edit | edit source]Persons notable in relation to mountains
[edit | edit source]See also
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References
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External links
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