P3+mountains

Mountains Mountains are a large land form that streches above the land around it in a limited area. They are all over the world even in oceans. They are formed by fault lines when they are pressed together, fold under eachother or fold under eachother in one way or another. They push up the land and usually shape in a peak, they can take millions of years to form. The highest mountain on the Earth is Mount Everest at 8,848m (29,029 ft). The highest mountain in the Ssolar system is Olympus Mons on the planet Mars at 21,171 m (69,459 ft). The study of mountains is called Orography.