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  1. 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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  1. mountains

    Mountains are large landforms that rise prominently above the surrounding terrain, typically characterized by steep and rugged slopes, high elevations, and often with peaks or summits. They are formed through geological processes such as tectonic plate movements, volcanic activity, or erosion by rivers, glaciers, or weathering. Mountains can range in size, shape, and composition, playing significant roles in climate regulation, biodiversity, and as important sources of freshwater and natural resources. They are often admired for their scenic beauty and serve as popular destinations for outdoor recreational activities.

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  1. Mountains

    "Mountains" is a 1986 song by Prince and The Revolution, from the album Parade, the soundtrack to the film Under the Cherry Moon. It was written by The Revolution members Wendy & Lisa together with Prince. The extended 12" single version of the song runs ten minutes. It's the only track on the Parade album featuring the entire Revolution. It reached #23 in the U.S. but only #45 in the UK. The B-side was the instrumental "Alexa de Paris", one of the few tracks from this project featuring a guitar solo, and is one of a handful of instrumental tracks that Prince recorded in the 1980s. Both songs appear in the film Under the Cherry Moon, with the video for "Mountains" playing as the credits roll. The version shown on MTV to promote the single was in color as opposed to the film's black-and-white version. Like many Prince songs, "Mountains" focuses on Christian motifs.

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  1. mountainsnoun

    Plural noun of the word mountain.

    The mountains stretch for miles in the eye of your mind when you stand on top of the valleys and look out in each direction.


    Submitted by MaryC on July 30, 2016  

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    Rank popularity for the word 'mountains' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #3412

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of mountains in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of mountains in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of mountains in a Sentence

  1. Mike Garappo:

    We’re prepared, we’ve dealt with fires living in the mountains forever. We know there’s a chance it may not hit here, but we’re ready to go in case.

  2. Pauline Geoffroy:

    The sea, mountains and wildlife here are just so unique, it's like a paradise. I would definitely come back.

  3. Eric Topol:

    [We have] all of these medical metrics and labs and we have no place for them, so each individual, eventually, is going to have their own personal cloud with all of this data stored. By having it at an individual basis, that will reduce the risk of hacking. When it’s in mountains of data, of millions of people, that's the most attractive target for hacking.

  4. Ganga Sagar Pant:

    A person living near the Indian Ocean realizes the God in the infinity of the deep, blue ocean; where as a person living in the lap of the Himalayas, the Mt. Everest, realizes the God in the magnificence of the white mountains. Only political eyes divide these two people in two different faiths, but the truth is that both of them are trusting in two different creations of the same God.

  5. Ursula K. Le Guin:

    We are volcanoes. When we women offer our experience as our truth, as human truth, all the maps change. There are new mountains.

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