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Acronyms that contain the term mountains
What does mountains mean? This page is about the various possible meanings of the acronym, abbreviation, shorthand or slang term: mountains.
Term | Definition | Rating |
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RKY | Rocky Mountains | |
WMCC | Wichita Mountains | |
WMCC | Wichita Mountains Climbers Coalition | |
GSM | Great Smokey Mountains Railway | |
WMR | White Mountains Regional | |
NOQ | North Oquirrh Mountains | |
WMQG | Wichita Mountains Quilt Guild | |
RMGGE | Rocky Mountains Ginseng | |
WMSB | White Mountains Scenic Byway | |
WMSB | White Mountains Scenic Byway | |
WMWR | Wichita Mountains Wildlife Reserve | |
MIE | Mountains In Excess | |
WML | White Mountains, LTD. | |
SOCM | Save Our Cumberland Mountains | |
WAOM | We Are Our Mountains | |
MTNS | Mountains | |
HMM | Help Move Mountains | |
BUMO | Buried Under Mountains Of.... | |
MRCA | Mountains Recreation and Conservation Authority | |
CFTM | Christians For The Mountains | |
SAMM | Shaping And Moving Mountains | |
BMFSS | Blue Mountains Family Support Service | |
CMTU | Catskill Mountains Trout Unlimited | |
MTS | mountains | |
KOMB | Keep Our Mountains Beautiful |
What does mountains mean?
- mountains
- A mountain is an elevated portion of the Earth's crust, generally with steep sides that show significant exposed bedrock. Although definitions vary, a mountain may differ from a plateau in having a limited summit area, and is usually higher than a hill, typically rising at least 300 metres (1,000 feet) above the surrounding land. A few mountains are isolated summits, but most occur in mountain ranges.Mountains are formed through tectonic forces, erosion, or volcanism, which act on time scales of up to tens of millions of years. Once mountain building ceases, mountains are slowly leveled through the action of weathering, through slumping and other forms of mass wasting, as well as through erosion by rivers and glaciers.High elevations on mountains produce colder climates than at sea level at similar latitude. 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, such as mining and logging, along with recreation, such as mountain climbing and skiing. 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).
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