Mountains On The Moon

Mountains On The Moon

Thanks for watching....br 1. Mons Agnes 1 km Greek feminine namebr br 2. Mons Ampère 30 km 3.0 km André-Marie Ampère, physicistbr br 3. Mons André 10 km French masculine namebr br 4. Mons Ardeshir 8 km Ardashir, Persian (Iranian) emperorbr br 5. Mons Argaeus 50 km Mount Erciyes, Asia Minorbr br 6. Mons Blanc 25 km 3.6 km Mont Blanc, the Alpsbr br 7. Mons Bradley 30 km 4.2 km James Bradley, astronomerbr br 8. Mons Delisle 30 km Named after nearby crater Delislebr br 9. Mons Dieter 20 km German masculine namebr br 10. Mons Dilip 2 km Indian masculine namebr br 11. Mons Esam 8 km Arabic masculine namebr br 12. Mons Ganau 14 km African masculine namebr br 13. Mons br Gruithuisenbr Delta 20 km Named after nearby crater Gruithuisenbr br 14. Mons br Gruithuisen br Gamma 20 km Named after nearby crater Gruithuisenbr br 15. Mons Hadley 25 km 4.6 km John Hadley, inventorbr br 16. Mons Hadleybr Delta 15 km 3.5 km Named after nearby Mount Hadleybr br 17. Mons Hansteen 30 km Named after nearby crater Hansteenbr br 18. Mons Herodotus 5 km Named after nearby crater Herodotusbr br 19. Mons Huygens 40 km 4.7 km Christiaan Huygens, astronomerbr br 20. Mons La Hire 25 km 1.5 km Philippe de la Hire, astronomerbr br 21. Mons Maraldi 15 km 1.3 km Named after nearby crater Maraldibr br 22. Mons Moro 10 km Antonio Lazzaro Moro, Earth scientistbr br 23. Mons Penck 30 km 4. km Albrecht Penck, geographerbr br 24. Mons Pico 25 km 2. km Spanish for "peak"br br 25. Mons Piton 25 km 2.3 km Mount Piton, Tenerifebr br 26. Mons Rümker 70 km 0.5 km Karl Ludwig Christian Rümker, astronomerbr br 27. Mons Usov 15 km Mikhail A. Usov, geologistbr br 28. Mons Vinogradov 25 km 1.4 km Aleksandr Pavlovich Vinogradov, chemistbr br 29. Mons Vitruvius 15 km 2.3 km Named after nearby crater Vitruviusbr br 30. Mons Wolff 35 km 3.5 km Baron Christian von Wolff, philosopherbr br br Source:br br A mountain is a large landform that stretches above the surrounding land in a limited area, usually in the form of a peak. A mountain is generally steeper than a hill. Mountains are formed through tectonic forces or volcanism. These forces can locally raise the surface of the earth. Mountains erode slowly through the action of rivers, weather conditions, and glaciers. A few mountains are isolated summits, but most occur in huge mountain ranges.br br High elevations on mountains produce colder climates than at sea level. These colder climates strongly affect the ecosystems of mountains: different elevations have different plants and animals. Because of the less hospitable terrain and climate, mountains tend to be used less for agriculture and more for resource extraction and recreation, such as mountain climbing.br br The highest mountain on Earth is Mount Everest in the Himalayas of Asia, whose summit is 8,850 m (29,035 ft) above mean sea level. The highest known mountain on any planet in the Solar System is Olympus Mons on Mars at 21,171 m (69,459 ft).br br There is no universally accepted definition of a mountain. Elevation, volume, relief, steepness, spacing and continuity have been used as criteria for defining a mountain. In the Oxford English Dictionary a mountain is defined as "a natural elevation of the earth surface rising more or less abruptly from the surrounding level and attaining an altitude which, relatively to the adjacent elevation, is impressive or notable."br br Whether a landform is called a mountain may depend on local usage. The highest point in San Francisco, California, is called Mount Davidson, notwithstanding its height of 300 m (980 ft), which makes it twenty feet short of the minimum for a mountain by American designations. Similarly, Mount Scott outside Lawton, Oklahoma is only 251 m (823 ft) from its base to its highest point. Whittow's Dictionary of Physical Geography[3] states "Some authorities regard eminences above 600 m (2,000 ft) as mountains, those below being referred to as hills.


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