Mountain ranges

Mountain rangesMountain rangesBy Sophia k, 6K By Sophia k, 6K

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ContentsContents• Where are Mountain Environments found • The Himalayas• What is the place like• What animals and plants live on Himalayas • What is the landscape like• What do people do in the area • Type of mountain range • Interesting Facts

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Where are Mountain Where are Mountain Environments found?Environments found?

• The Himalayas• The Pyreenes• The Andes• The Rockies• The Alps

The Rockies 3

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What is the place like?What is the place like? Peak of the mountain (climate zone 4)

Climate zone 1

Climate zone 2

Climate zone 3

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Animals that live on the HimalayasAnimals that live on the Himalayas• Black Bear• Tiger• Elephant• Deer• Red Panda• Giant Panda• Golden Eagle • Snakes and lizards• A rich insect life• A wide variety of bird

species.

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Plants living on the HimalayasPlants living on the Himalayas• Pine and fir trees (Climate

zone-1)• Bamboo plants and

rhododendrons • Shrubs and bushes (Climate

zone-2)• Lichen and moss (Climate

zone-3)• Climate zone 4 is the peak of

the mountain and is too cold for any plant to grow

Goji berries

Himalayan balsam

Butterfly plant

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Landscape of the HimalayasLandscape of the Himalayas  • The Himalayas is a mountain range in the north-eastern part of

India, Nepal, Pakistan and China, among others.

• The Himalayas is snow-covered, and there are around 15,000 ice bergs on the mountains.

• Rivers such as the Ganga, Brahmaputra and the Indus come from the Himalayas.

• There are many lakes, forests in the lower part of the Himalayas.•

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What do people do What do people do in the area?in the area?

• People of the Himalayas hold work as being guides because many tourists come to see the Himalayas.

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Type of Mountain RangeType of Mountain Range

• The Himalayas are the highest mountain range in the world. Over 30 peaks in the Himalayas are over 24,000 feet or 7315 meters high.

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Interesting Facts Interesting Facts

• The Himalayas means the ‘abode of snow’!• The Himalayas formed approximately 70 million

of years ago • 75% of Nepal is covered by the Himalayas• Although the Himalayas is the highest mountain

range in the world, it is also the youngest. • 31 of the Himalayan peaks exceed 7,600 meters

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