Moutains

2. the mountain was named Huangshan (Yellow Mountain) by imperial order in the year 747 and from that time on attracted many visitors
3. comes from the name the earliest Dutch settlers gave to the escarpment, namely Drakensbergen, or Dragons' Mountains.
5. are actually formed by the Earth’s internal activity; instead, they’re revealed by erosion. They’re created when running water carves deep channels into a region, creating mountains.
8. meaning Smoking Mountain. The volcano is also referred to by Mexicans as El Popo affectionately, or to shorten the full name .
10. the "Turquoise Goddess" in Tibetan - is located at the frontier of Tibet and Nepal
11. An active volcano located around 100 kilometers southwest of Toyko. It is considered one of Japan’s 3 sacred mountains. Basaltic stratovolcano born from the base of Mt. Komitake about 100,000 years ago.
14. 30 million years ago, the push of the African and Asian tectonic plates the mountain chain of the Alps was formed
15. the mountain was created after the Titanomachy, an epic battle between the young Olympians gods and the Titans.

1. It was 1841 when an obscure peak in the Himalayas was recognized as the tallest mountain in the world
4. a dormant volcano in Tanzania
6. created when a large amount of magma pushes up from below the Earth’s crust, but it never actually reaches the surface and erupts.
7. created when magma from beneath the Earth makes its way to the surface.
9. the fourth highest mountain in the world at 8,516 metres
12. created when faults or cracks in the Earth’s crust force materials upward.
13. The most common type of mountain in the world