Mountains are landforms that rise steeply above the surrounding terrain and are generally over 600 meters high. They have sloping sides, sharp ridges, and sometimes snow-capped peaks. Key features include the summit, slopes, and gorges between younger mountains. Mountains exist on every continent and under oceans, and all have rapidly changing altitude, climate, soil, and vegetation over short distances. The highest mountains are found in the Himalayas, and some areas have permanently frozen rivers called glaciers.

2.  The dictionary defines a mountain as that
which is ‘higher and steeper than a hill’.
 A mountain is a landform that rises high above
the surrounding terrain in a limited area. They
are made from rocks and earth.
 Generally, mountains are higher than 600
metres. Those less than 600 metres are called
hills.

3.  Mountains usually have steep, sloping sides
and sharp or slightly rounded ridges and
peaks.
 Mountains can be rocky and barren. Some have
trees growing on their sides and very high
mountains have snow on their peaks.

4.  the summit, or the top of a mountain;
 the slope, or side of the mountain; and
 a very steep valley between young mountains,
known as a gorge.

5.  Mountains exist on every continent and even
beneath our great oceans.

6.  All mountain ecosystems have one major
characteristic in common - rapid changes in
altitude, climate, soil, and vegetation over very
short distances.
 Plants that may be found on mountains
include conifers, oak, chestnut, maple, junipers,
stonecrops, campions, mosses, ferns and
climbers.

7.  The highest 14 mountains in the world are all
found in the Himalayas.
 In some mountainous areas the rivers are
permanently frozen.
These are called glaciers.