Everyone has a desire to know about the highest mountain in the world because mountains have been the most attractive place from the beginning. Mountains are important for balancing other topography on the earth. It is also important for an exam point of view. In this post, you can know about the highest mountain, the largest mountain in the world and the type of mountains and more informative facts.
Top 10 Highest Mountain in the w0rld and their types
Let's start with the obvious question: what is the mountain and how many types of mountains in the world?
Mountain: Mountain building is not a single day process. It's the result of internal and external motions of the earth for hundreds of years.
Mountain is a topography that is upward from the plain. Generally, mountains have great heights and sharp sloping surfaces. After Oceans and Continents, mountains are secondary topography on the earth.
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Highest Mountain in the world, Type of mountains, and their formation method.
On the basis of the construction methods, the Mountains have four types :
- Folded mountain
- Block mountain
- Volcanic mountain
- Relict mountain
Folded Mountain
All the Largest mountains in the world like Himalaya, Atlast, Rocky, Andes, Great dividing range are folded mountains.
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Block Mountain
Block mountain is the result of the fault. Due to faulting some parts of plots sank down and formed a block or fault mountain.
Nilgiri (India), Horse (Germany), and Vashj Range (France) are examples. Sierra Nevada (California) is the largest block mountain in the world.
Volcanic Mountain
It is formed by the accumulation of substances as a result of the volcanic eruption. Aconcagua (7021m Chili, it's the highest volcanic mountain of the world), Cotopaxi (Iquedor) Kilimanjaro (Kenia), Chimborazo (Iquedor) are most examples for volcanic mountains.
Relict Mountain
Due to erosion, mountain, plateau, or plain takes the form of a mountain is called a relict mountain.
Aravali mountain is the oldest folded mountain in India, but due to erosion, it takes a new form as a relict mountain. Satpura and Vindhya(India), Ural (Russia), and Pennine (England) are also examples of relict mountains.
List of Highest Mountain in the world
Do you know? How to measure the altitude of the mountains?
Altitude is measured from the sea level. Sea level is an average level of surface. Which are midpoints between high and low tide? Here is the list of top ten highest mountains in the world :
Mount Everest
It is situated in the Himalayan range in Nepal. Mount Everest is also known as Sagarmatha in Nepal.
Adman Hilary ( New Zealand) and Tenjin Norge (Nepal) were the first men to climb to the top peak in 1953.
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K2 Mountain Peak
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Kanchenjunga
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Lhotse
The fourth highest mountain, situated in Tibet (autonomous region of China) at 27940 ft (8516 meters) above from the sea level. Lhotse ( Tibetan South peak) lies just south of Mount Everest. It's 2.5 km far from Mt. Everest. It is also known as E1, due to surveying symbol Everest1. After the autonomous region, Lhotse is the highest peak in China.
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Makalu
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Cho Oyu
The world's 6th highest peak, Cho Oyu is also known as Qowowuyag, Situated in Tibet between Nepal and Tibet border at 26864 ft (8,188m) above sea level. Cho Oyu is a holy mountain for Tibetan because the faith of Tibetan is associated with the form of Turquoise goddess. |
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Dhaulagiri
The name of Dhaulagiri is derived from two Sanskrit words Dhaula (white) + Giri (Mountain), meaning 'White Mountain'. Dhaulagiri is located in west-central Nepal at 26795 ft (8,167 meters) above sea level. The snow-capped Dhaulagiri has four ( I, II, III, IV ) peaks, but The Dhaulagiri-I is the highest peak.
Manaslu
8th world's highest mountain Manaslu, known as the mountain of the spirit. Manaslu is located in the mansiri Himal (part of Greater Himalaya) between the West Central part of Nepal. Manaslu is above 26,781 ft (8,163 meters) from sea level. It is also called a Japanese mountain, due to the first climb by a Japanese team in 1956. |
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Nanga Parbat
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Annapurna
10th highest mountain peak in the world, Annapurna is the most popular and diverse trekking region of North Central Nepal at above 26545 ft (8,091 meters) sea level. |
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List of other highest mountains above 75,000 ft.
Stop! Information is not over yet.
I would like to tell you, during the period (Pre-Cambrian, Caledonian, Hercynian, Alpine Orogeny) of mountain building the longest mountain range was formed in all continents and all have the highest peak. Here is the Tallest Mountain Range in the world and their highest peak and related Continents.
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Longest Mountain Range in the world and their highest peak :
Andes mountain range
Continent - South America
Highest peak - Aconcagua
Altitude - 7021 meter
Facts - the Andes is the longest mountain range in the world. It is spread from north to south approx 7000 km.
Rocky mountain range
Highest peak - Mount Elbert
Altitude - 14,440 ft (4401 meter)
Location - Colorado
Facts -
Rocky situated in the western North American continent is spread from north to south approx 4800 kilometers.
Rocky situated in the western North American continent is spread from north to south approx 4800 kilometers.
Himalaya mountain range
Continent - Asia
Highest peak - Mount Everest
Altitude - 29035ft (8,850 meter)
Location - Northern part of India
Facts -
- Himalaya is spread between Pakistan to Myanmar approx 2500 kilometers.
- This mountain range is divided into two parts - Trans Himalaya and Himalaya.
- Himalaya is also divided into three groups- Greater Himalaya, Mid Himalaya, and Shivalik. Mount Everest on the Greater Himalaya.
Atlas mountain range
Continent - Africa
Highest peak - Toubkal
Altitude - 13671 ft (4167 meters)
Location- Morocco
Facts -
- Atlas mountain range is situated in the north of Africa.
- Atlas is spread East to West about 2500 kilometers between Morocco to Tunisia.
- It is derived into three groups: High Atas, Mid Atlas, and Anti Atlas.
- Toubkal on the high Atlas is the highest peak of the Atlas range, but the highest peak of the continent is Kilimanjaro (Kenia).
Alps mountain range
Continent - Europe
Highest peak - Mont Blanc
Altitude - 15,778 ft (4809 Meter)
Location- Border of France and Italy
Facts -
- The Alps mountain range is divided into the Western Alps and Eastern Alps, Lake Constance, and Lake Como make a boundary line between both ranges. It is spread about 1200 km in seven countries.
- The western Alps is spread in France, Italy, and Switzerland.
- The eastern Alps is a large and broad ridge that is spread in Germany, Switzerland, Austria, Slovenia, and Italy.
- The Western Alps is higher than the eastern Alps, but it is shorter and much curved. Mont Blanc also in the western Alps.
Great dividing range
Continent - Australia
Highest peak - Mount Kosciuszko
Altitude - 7,310 ft (2,288 meter)
Location - New South Wales
Facts -
- Kosciuszko is the highest peak of Australia which is located in the Australian Alps (South part of Great Dividing Range) in New South Wales.
- The Great Dividing Range has spread from north to south in the eastern part of Australia approx 3500 km.
Transantarctic mountain range
Continent - Antarctica
Highest peak - Mount Kirkpatrick
Altitude - 14,856 ft.(4,528 m.)
Location - Queen Alexandra range
Facts -
- It is the longest mountain range of Antarctica, which is divided into two parts of the continent.
- This mountain range is spread about 3,500 km from Ross sea to Weddle sea.
- Vinson Massif is the highest peak of Antarctica, which is located on Mount Ellsworth at above 16,066 ft (4,897 meters) from sea level.
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This post is written from the exam point of view, but I hope that this post is informative and useful to all communities. In this, I tried to cover the top 25 highest mountains in the world and the longest mountain ranges.
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