This document provides information about mountains. It defines various mountain terms in Italian like summit, slope, glacier, valley, and mountain range. It explains that valleys can be U-shaped from glaciers or V-shaped from violent torrents. It also describes the different origins of mountains, including maritime, tectonic from crust movement, and volcanic. Finally, it lists some activities in mountains like raising cattle and crops, extracting stone or wood, and tourism.

1. L A M O N T A G N A

2. L A M O N T A G N A E ' U N R I L I E V O O L T R E
I 6 0 0 M

3. I T E R M I N I D E L L A M O N T A G N A
L A G O
V E R S A N T E

4. G H I A C C I A I O
C I M A O
V E T T A
P E N D I O

5. V A L L E A U
• La distesa pianeggiante fra
due montagne si chiama
valle, questa e' a U perché
formata da un ghiacciaio.
V A L L E A U
C A T E N A
M O N T U O S A

6. La valle a V e' originata da un torrente che scende
violentemente.

7. O R I G I N E D E L L E
M O N T A G N E
A L C U N E M O N T A G N E H A N N O O R I G I N E
M A R I T T I M A

8. A L T R E H A N N O O R I G I N E T E T T O N I C A , S I S O N O
F O R M A T E C O N I L S O L L E V A M E N T O E C O R R U G A M E N T O
D E L L A C R O S T A T E R R E S T R E .
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9. A L T R E H A N N O O R I G I N E
V U L C A N I C A

10. A L L E V A M E N T O D I O V I N I E B O V I N I
C O L T I V A Z I O N E D I P A T A T E ,
S E G A L E , G R A N T U R C O
I N D U S T R I E E S T R A T T I V E C O M E
L E C A V E D I P I E T R A O D I
L A V O R A Z I O N E D E L L E G N O
T U R I S M O : P A S S E G G I A T E I N
E S T A T E E S C I I N I N V E R N O
L E A T T I V I T A ' I N M O N T A G N A