MOUNTAIN RANGES

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MOUNTAIN RANGES
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Contents.

• The Rockies
• The Himalayas
• Grampians
• The Alps
• The Sinai
• Quiz
• Glossary
• The End

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The Rockies (North America)

• A chain of rugged mountains stretching from New
  Mexico to British Columbia.
• Very steep slopes.
• Jagged, snow-capped peaks.
• Numerous glaciers.
• Many rivers and lakes.
• Few inhabitants.

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The Grampians (Scotland)

• Ranging from gentle slopes to rugged peaks.
• Highest peak is Ben Nevis (1344m)
• Low temperatures and heavy snowfalls in winter.
• Few inhabitants.

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The Himalayas

• Worlds highest mountain system.
• Contains nine of the worlds ten highest peaks.
• Inhabited by nearly 40 million people.
• Climates range from subtropical in southern
  foothills (temperatures in summer reaching 30C)
  to -20C at the highest points.

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The Alps

• Highest and most inhabited mountains in Europe.
• Inhabited by approximately 20 million people.
• 2 of the Alps covered in ice.
• Longest glacier the Aletsch glacier (18km long)
• Rainfall on the northern side up to 3000mm a
  year.
• Pine forests in the lower slopes.
• Perpetually snow-capped peaks.

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The mountains of the Sinai desert (Egypt)

• Mount Sinai is 2285m high.
• The highest peak is mount Catherine.
• Sinai has about 4mm of rain a year.
• The climate is hot and dry

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Quiz

• Is 2 of the Alps covered in ice ?
• True or False
• Is it true that mount Everest is 8888m?
• True or False
• Is it true that the Himalayas has the highest
  mountain system ?
• True or False

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Glossary

• Glacier-a mass of ice that moves very slowly down
  a mountain valley.
• Subtropical-a region that borders on the tropics.
• Inhabitants-people who live in a place.
• Perpetually-something which is continual

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True
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False
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The end
By Imaani Jemima Louise
The JILS