Highlights of some of the World’s Most Famous Mountains!

Mountains

• This Power Point presentation contains information about some of the most famous mountains in the world!

• Students should use this presentation to help them with their mountain project!

• Remember, consider the manner in which these mountains affect their regions and the people who inhabit them (Human Environment Interaction)

• All information has been taken from our course textbook.

Directions

• Mountains: an area of rugged land that generally rises higher than 2,000 feet (p.H11)

• Mount Greylock (pictured to the right) is the tallest mountain in Massachusetts at 3,491 feet!

What Are Mountains?

The Andes Mountains • Located in the Caribbean Region of

South America

• Highest Point in the Region

• Reach 18,000 feet on the Western side of Columbia

• Spans the entire West Coast of the continent

• Colombia-Chile

• Longest mountain system in the world

• Map of the Andes on the next slide

Alpacas in The Andes Mountains

The Guiana Highlands

• Also located in in the Caribbean Region of South America

• Venezuela’s Highest Elevation

• Start in Venezuela

• Stretch into Guyana and Suriname

Tepuis

• Located throughout the Guiana Highlands

• Many of the steep sided plateaus have resisted erosion…….

• Creating Tepuis

• Tepuis are unusually flat topped formations in the highlands

• Rise about 3,000 to 6,000 feet

Tepuis in Venezuelan National Park

Tepuis in Venezuelan National Park

Tepuis in Venezuela inspired the movie UP!

The Atlas Mounts of North Africa

• The Atlas Mountains, on northwestern side of Sahara desert near Med. Sea, rise to 13,600 feet

The Atlas Mountains (left)

Dune of the Sahara (Right)

Journal Entry Question: List and explain 2 reasons that people in the Northern Region of Africa would enjoy a better life if they live closer to the Atlas Mountains as opposed to the Sahara Desert.

• Highest Mountains in the region of West Africa at 11,302 feet

• What does this rock formation look like?

The Tibesti Mountains

Mount Kilimanjaro (highest mountain in

Africa)

• Mount Kilimanjaro (highest mountain in Africa)

• Located in East Africa Region

• Rises to 19,340 feet

• Peak covered by snow, despite being near equator

• Images of Mount Kilimanjaro

Essential Question

•List 3 adjectives to describe Mt. Kilimanjaro

• Himalayas mountain range

• Run along the border between Southwest China, Nepal, Bhutan and India

• Mount Everest: World’s Highest Mountain

• 29,035 feet high

• Images Include:

Himalayas Mountain range

Southeast Asia

Climbing Everest?

• 4,000 people attempted (approximately)

• 660 have succeeded

• 142 have died trying

• First people to succeed:

• Edmund Hillary

• Tenzing Norgay

• May 29, 1953

• Tallest mountain in Japan 12,380 feet

• Volcano which last erupted in 1707

• The most popular tourist site in Japan

• Only 62 miles outside of Japan’s capital city, Tokyo

• Considered sacred in the Shinto religion (native Japanese religion)

Mt. Fuji

Japan

• Information

• http://www.mass.gov/eea/agencies/dcr/massparks/region-west/mt-greylock-state-reservation-generic.html

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tibesti_Mountains

• http://education.nationalgeographic.com/media/mount-fuji/

• Images

• http://mountgreylockbaptist.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/mtgrey-summit.jpg

• http://education.nationalgeographic.com/media/mount-fuji/ (image)

Sources