The characteristic of mountain ranges

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The characteristic of mountain ranges
  1. Gradient
    1. Mountains have a gradient of over 5 degrees
    2. Altitude
      1. Hazards
        1. Freezing temperature
          1. Avalanches
            1. Not much oxygen
              1. Unstable ground
                1. Air pressure is low
                2. Population density
                  1. Low population
                    1. Crops are hear to grow
                      1. Quechuans live in the Andes
                    2. Economic activities
                      1. Climb
                        1. Joe Simpson- Touching the void
                        2. Walk
                          1. Archeology
                            1. Glaciology
                              1. La Doncella- Inca sacrifice frozen under a glacier on Mount Llullaillaco
                            2. Temperature and precipitation
                              1. Cold
                                1. It's high up, so there is less pressure and less heat
                                2. Relief rainfall
                                  1. Mountains push clouds up, where it is cooler, so they condense and it rains, or in freezing conditions it is snow
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