Mountains!

Mountains make up about one – fifth of the worlds landscape. You can live on a mountain.

Heights of mountains are given as heights above sea level.

The world’s highest mountain is Mount Everest in the Himalayas. It is very tall, about 8,848m.

Ben Nevis is the highest mountain in Great Britain.

The tallest Mountain in the solar system is Olympus Mons. It is on Mars .

Did you know there are mountains under the surface of the sea?

Mountains are very beautiful.

80 per cent of water is near a mountain.

Mount Kosciuszko is the highest Mountain in Australia. Paul Edmund Strzelecki named the mountain.

There are lots of different kinds of plants on mountains like oak, chestnut, maple, junipers, stonecrops, champions, mosses, ferns and climbers.

There are 14 highest mountains in Himalayas.

The Blue Mountains in Sydney is 2,690 Km2