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My definition would involve some definition of geological homogeny such that you could classify the terrain as mountain and not-mountain. Probably based on whet
by whoopdedo 8y ago
My definition would involve some definition of geological homogeny such that you could classify the terrain as mountain and not-mountain. Probably based on whether it was involved in the process that formed the mountain.
- SilasX 8y agoYeah, that was what I was hoping/expecting the definition would use, that mountains come from some plate interaction involving lava which would provide a natural boundary between "mountain" and "rest of earth".
- magduf 8y agoI think a lot of mountains don't involve lava at all, they're just the product of continental plates running into each other. I'm pretty sure Everest is an example of this. Hawaii is the opposite; those mountains don't involve plates at all, they're solely the product of lava.