Melting snow from the snow capped mountains fills the rivers and they are a source of water. Trees provide us with commercial and medicinal value. Even besides harsh conditions, mountains are very useful to us as they act as shields for the country blocking the cold winds and also protect us from invading enemies. People usually work in small industrial units, farming and animal rearing form their main occupations. 
The houses are made of wood so that they remain warm. Houses in the mountains have sloping roofs to enable the snow slide off easily.The yak, the mountain puma, snow leopard or the male goat called the ibex are some of the animals found in the mountain areas. Animals that have a thick fur coat can survive the extreme cold in the high mountain regions.Trees like pine and conifer are found in the lower ranges or foothills. These mountains are very cold and hence there is not much vegetation or life found in these hills. There are many mountains that remain covered with snow throughout the year.Sometimes the tectonic plates on the earth’s crust move towards each other, the sediments deep below the earth’s surface are squeezed up to form mountain ranges.Mountains could be formed when molten rocks from deep within the earth rise to the surface, pouring out in the form of lava from volcanoes.Some mountains are found under the sea and could be taller than the Mount Everest, which is the highest mountain peak in the world. The highest mountain range in the world is the Himalayas.Mountains could be steep and snow covered or they could be gently sloping having rounded tops.
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Mountain range is a series of mountains.As compared to their surroundings, mountains are high points on the surface of the earth.It is usually found to be conical in shape with steep sides and a pointed tip called a peak.
A mountain is the highest landform on the surface of the earth. The different major landforms are mountains, hills, valleys, plateaus, plains and deserts. Natural events and disasters such as earthquakes (the tectonic plates) and eruption of volcanoes created the various shapes of the land that we see. These are geographical features that control the ecosystem, climate, weather and the essence of life on earth. In simple terms, we say that any shape on the earth’s surface is known as a landform. The various landforms that we have, came into existence due to natural processes such as erosion, wind, rain, weather conditions such as ice, frost and chemical actions. These different physical features are called the various landforms on the surface of the earth. We all know that one – fourth of the earth’s surface is covered by land. The portion which forms land on earth’s surface is not the same everywhere. At some places the land may be too high, at some places very low, some areas would be lush green and certain areas are dry and barren. Our planet earth is a beautiful collaboration of various physical features.
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