HOW MOUNTAINS ARE MADE
Aug 21, 2020
3 minutes
COMPILED BY RICHARD VAN RENSBURG EDITED BY HUGO LOUBSER
INFOGRAPHICS: MICHAEL DE LUCCHI
MOUNTAINS are breath-taking. From the Himalayas and Mount Everest, Earth’s highest peak, to the picture-perfect Alps of Europe and Lesotho’s Maluti Mountains – these natural phenomena are a reminder of how insignificant we are in the face of nature’s majesty.
Our insignificance is emphasised when you consider how mountains were formed over millions of years. We look at the ways they’re formed, and at two of our locals,
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