Draft:Outline of mountains

The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to mountains:

A mountain is an elevated portion of the Earth's crust, generally with steep sides that show significant exposed bedrock. Although definitions vary, a mountain may differ from a plateau in having a limited summit area, and is usually higher than a hill, typically rising at least 300 metres (980 ft) above the surrounding land. A few mountains are isolated summits, but most occur in mountain ranges.

What type of things are mountains? edit

Mountains can be described as all of the following:

Landform – natural feature of the solid surface of the Earth or other planetary body. Landforms together make up a given terrain, and their arrangement in the landscape is known as topography. Typical landforms include hills, mountains, plateaus, canyons, valleys, as well as shoreline features such as bays, peninsulas, and seas, including submerged features such as mid-ocean ridges, mountains, and the great ocean basins.

Types of mountains edit

List of mountain types

Volcano

Types of groups of mountains edit

Features of mountains edit

Specific mountains edit

Lists of mountains

History of mountains edit

History of mountains

Mountain geology edit

Ecology of mountains edit

Mountain-related activities edit

Mountain-related organizations edit

Mountain-related publications edit

Persons influential in mountains edit

References edit

^ Lidmar-Bergström, Karna (1995). "Relief and saprolites through time on the Baltic Shield". Geomorphology. 12 (1): 45–61. Bibcode:1995Geomo..12...45L. doi:10.1016/0169-555X(94)00076-4.

External links edit

[lidmar1995-1] Lidmar-Bergström, Karna (1995). "Relief and saprolites through time on the Baltic Shield". Geomorphology. 12 (1): 45–61. Bibcode:1995Geomo..12...45L. doi:10.1016/0169-555X(94)00076-4.

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