SAVING WILDLIFE Mountain Animals by Sonya Newland Smart Apple Media
Mountain Habitats One fifth of our planet is covered by mountains One tenth of all the people in the world live in mountain regions and millions more rely on them for water wood from the forests and substances found below Earth's surface V This map shows some of the major mountain ranges but mountains can be found all over the world Yellow legged frog page 22 Rocky Ridges Great mountain ranges can be found on most continents The Andes is the longest stretching 4 350 miles 7 000 km down the western coast of South America The Rocky Mountains in North America make up the second longest range The Himalayas in Asia contain the world's highest peaks including Mount Everest In Australia the Great Dividing Range runs down the whole of the eastern coastline and in Europe the Alps stretch east to west across six countries Ocean North America Pacific EXTREME ANIMALS Junin flightless grebe page 26 Andes South America Chamois a type of goat found in the European Alps are among the fastest climbers in the world They can clamber up 1 970 feet 600 m in just 10
Mountain Zones Each mountain range is home to different plants and animals Even within a mountain range the habitat is divided into different regions called zones which have different characteristics In the foothills trees grass and many other plants grow and millions of animals make their homes There may even be steamy tropical forests on the lower mountain slopes Higher up it gets colder and rockier The trees thin out and eventually stop growing altogether This is called the tree line Beyond this only the hardiest plants and animals can survive in the snowy landscape A Mountain ranges such as the Andes are long chains of mountains that can stretch for hundreds of miles In I Asia Europe Alps Ethiopian wolf page 15 Middle last limalayas Africa Pacific Ocean Giant panda page 9 Australia reat Dividing Range Mountain gorilla Page
