Mountain Building YouTube Lecture Handout

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Classification of Mountains

• Based on Geography

• Based on Period of Origin

• Based on Process of Origin

Based on Geography

• Cordillera

• Mountain System

• Mountain Range

• Mountain Ridge

Based on Period of Origin

• Pre-Cambrian

• Caledonian

• Hercynian

• Alpine

Based on Process of Origin

• Fold or Complex Mountain

  • Young Fold

  • Old Fold

• Fault Block mountain

• Volcanic Mountain

• Denuded or Erosional Mountain

Based on Location

Continental Mountains

Coastal Mountains

• Applachians

• Rockies

• Alpine mountain chains

• Western and Eastern Ghats

Inland Mountains

• Ural moun­tains (Russia)

• Vosges and Black Forest block moun­tains (Europe)

• Himalayas, Aravallis, Satpura, Maikal, Kaimurs (India)

• Kunlun, Tienshan, Altai etc. (Asia)

Oceanic Mountains

• Below the water surface.

• Located on continental shelves and ocean floors.

• Height from the oceanic floor

• Mauna Kea volcanic mountain of Hawaii is 4200 m high from the sea level but 9140 m from bottom.

-Manishika