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1. Mountain ranges. By Sophia k, 6K. Contents. 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. 2. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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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
The Himalayas5
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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EndingEnding Thank you for
watching a Sophia production. If you have have any questions or comments please ask or say ! (questions that I can answer) Meeeee!
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