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Mountains: Origin, features, classification, characteristics, examples
Classification and features of the mountains on the basis of location, origin, and type, details
On the basis of location
Continental mountains
Coastal mountains
1 the Rockies,
2 the Appalachians,
3 the Alpine mountain chains,
4 the Western Ghats and
5 the Eastern Ghats (India);
Inland mountains
- the Vosges and the Black Forest (Europe),
- the Kunlun, Tienshan, Altai mountains of Asia,
- the Urals of Russia, the Aravallis,
- the Himalayas, the Satpura, and the Maikal of India.
Oceanic mountains
- Oceanic mountains are found on continental shelves and ocean floors.
- If the height of the mountains is considered from the ocean floor, Mauna Kea (9140) would be the highest mountain.
- On the basis of the period of origin
- A total of nine orogenic or mountain building movements have taken place so far.
- Some of them occurred in Pre-Cambrian times between 600-3,500 million years ago.
- The three more recent orogenies are the Caledonian, Hercynian, and Alpine.
- Some of the examples are Laurentian mountains, Algoman mountains.
- Laurentian mountains - Algoman mountains
- The mountains were formed from about 65 million years to 7 million years ago.
- On the basis of mode of origin
- Original or Tectonic mountains
- Original or Tectonic mountains are the product of tectonic forces.
- Circum-erosional or Relict or Residual mountains
- Based on the formation process
- Fold mountains
- Block mountains
- Volcanic mountains
