importance of mountains?

Question

all importance of mountains

Answer 1

I would say the most basic thing that would describe the importance of a mountain would be weather. The whole weather cycle here in the US is dominated by the way that the mountains force precipitation on one side and by the time the clouds make it to the other side they are depleted. You get extremely green zones on one side and dry deserts on the other. A good example would be the cascade mountains in Washington and Oregon. It's totally wet and green and verdant all year west of the range, but on the other side its a wasteland desert.

Answer 2

Mountains cause air moving past them to rise to where it is cooler, reducing its ability to carry water vapour, which condenses into droplets, colliding and combining to form drops of water which fall as rain. Also, they build up the land, that would otherwise be eroded into the sea, which would cover the planet, instead of the 71% of its surface that it now does!

Answer 3

They stop rainclouds and allow it rain. They give rise to streams, rivers, etc, provide a barrier from cold winds from the north and support a diverse variety of wildlife. Mountains are also places for recreation.

Answer 4

there is no "importance", but every environmental area (shallow marine, desert, lowland, highland, plains, mountain) plays a role in an ecosystem. In a larger respect, topography (including mountains) has shaped civilization as we know it.

Answer 5

Water, Trees, protects from tornado's, skiing. cabins, place for wild animals and on and on and on