Lesson Plan Mountains

Lesson Plan Mountains

1. Welcomes you Prepared by Ranjith kumar

2. Mountain

3. Mountain Those land forms which have height of 900mtrs or more above sea level called mountain.

4. Types of mountain Fold mountain Block mountain Relict mountain Volcanic mountain

5. Fold mountain Most of the mountain we see today is fold mountains. They are higher when compared to others. Folding of plates may cause to form fold mountain. The highest peak in the world is Mount Everest, which is the part of Himalaya mountain.

6. Himalaya and Everest

7. Major fold mountains in the world Himalaya The alps Antes Rockies

8. Block mountain Block mountain are formed due to uplift of land forms due to faulting These mountain have flat top and steep sides Black forest in Germany ,and Vosges in France are best example for it

9. Block mountain

10. Black forest in Germany is formed due to uplift of land forms on south west region. It is 200 km long and 60 km wide, 12000sq km in area. Danube is one river which originates from this range. the mountain sides are very thick with forest Black forest

11. Relict mountain Due to the weathering process ,some soft rocks are not very resistance get disintegrated. those resistant part remains, These mountain are called residual mountain The Aravalli range and Nilgiris in India are best examples

12. Relict mountain

13. Mount Abu Mount Abu was once called Arbudanchal is highest peak in Aravalli range! Gurushikar is the highest peak in this range It is one of the summer resort in Rajasthan It is around 1220 mr above MSL Mount Abu is situated 58 km away from Palampur, Gujarat

14. Influence of mountain on man Himalaya, vindhya and Satpura influence the flora and fauna of our country Climate :- extreme cold wind from central Asia is blocked by Himalaya Block the monsoon wind so that gets rain fall in north east part of India

15. Flora and fauna

16. Himalaya Various vegetation can be found here Timbering is one of the major occupation here Terrace farming is practicing Tea is the main plantation cultivation Sheep rearing can also found Holy places of different religion Tourism also grow up For defense and protection of life

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