MOUNTAINS

HOW THEY FORM

• Many of the ranges form on earths tectonic plates.
• They both have tremendous energies so they collide.
• There collision is like two buses colliding in a head on collision.
• From that collision they crumble.
• From that they shoot up and make a mountain range.

EFFECT MOUNTAINS GIVE

• The wind is lifted by the mountains effecting places as far as a thousand miles away.
• The cool winds coming off the mountains cause the atmosphere to cool in.
• That cool air mixes with the warm air.
• That cause clouds to build over the mountains and produce precipitation.
• This mostly happens in the middle of the day when the sun is out.

WHY THE HIGHER YOU GET THE COLDER IT IS.

• You would think it was getting hotter because you getting closer to the sun.
• That's not right!
• The distance we are from the sun is so far the mountains are insignificant to the distance.
• The reason it gets colder is because of the thinner dryer air.
• The thinner air absorbs less heat causing the temp to decrease.

ANDES MOUNTAIN RANGE

• It is the longest continental mountain range in the world.
• Is is along the western coast of South America.
• This is the highest mountain range outside of Asia.
• The worlds highest volcanoes are in the Andes.
• The Alpamayo mountain is thought to be the most beautiful mountain.

ROCKY MOUNTAINS

• Located in the western U.S.
• Highest mountain 14440.
• Formed 80 to 55 million years ago.
• Formed by number of plates sliding underneath the North American plate.
• Home of hiking, camping, fishing, hunting, skiing.

HIMALAYAS

• Includes the tallest mountain In the world.
• The Himalayas are about 70 million years old.
• Goes though 6 countries.
• Length- 1500 miles
• Lifted by the collision of the Indian tectonic plate and the Eurasian plate.

APPALACHIAN MOUNTAINS

• Formed about 480 million years ago.
• Located eastern U.S.
• Length-1,500 miles
• Lots of coal mining in these mountains.
• Home of the smokey mountains.

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