Mountain Building Process

Mountain building process facts

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Mountain 's   Forms	«  Mountain ridge        «  Mountain ranges        «  Mountain chains        «  Mountain systems        «  Mountain groups        «  Cordillera ( community of Mountains )
Classification of Mountains               ü  On the basis of height	Low mountains;  (700m -- 1,000m) Rough mountains;  ( 1,000m -- 1,500m) High mountains; ( Above 2,000m )
Classification of Mountains            ü  On the basis of location	1)      Continental mountains               a)   Coastal mountains( Alpine, Rockies, Western and Eastern ghat of India)                b)    Inland mountains(Ural mountain,        Himalayas, Black forest mountain) 2)      Oceanic mountains
Classification of Mountains           ü  On the basis of mode of origin	1)      Original mountains                              i.            Folded mountains                             ii.            Block mountains                            iii.            Dome mountains                             iv.            Mountains of accumulation 2)  Circum-erosional mountains
Classification of Mountains  On the basis of period of origin	1)      Pre-cambrian mountains       2)      Caledoniam mountains( Silurian and Devonian periods) Examples of Mountains --- Aravallis, satpura and mahadeo etc.        3)      Hercynian mountains( Permian and permocarboniferous period)        4)      Alpine mountains ( Tertiary  period )Examples of Mountains ---Himalayan, Rockies (N-American) ,  Andes ( S-America), Atlas( N-W  Africa) and Alpine mountains systems