Mountains cover a quarter of the Earth's land surface and are home to about 12 percent of the global population. They are the sources of all the world's major rivers, affect regional weather patterns, ...

Surrounded by mountains and rivers, Kyoto’s geography helped it become Japan’s imperial capital for over a thousand years. Its temples, shrines, and streets still carry the mark of its natural setting ...

The United States is blessed with two dominant mountain ranges— the Rocky Mountains in the west and the Appalachian Mountains ...

Pakistan is blessed with a long range of mountains that are an attraction for geologists and mountain climbers from all over the world. Pakistan has more than a hundred peaks that are above 7,000 ...

In the 10th century, an Arab geographer described the Caucasus region as a "mountain of tongues." The nickname has stuck to this day, likely because of how well it captures two of the area's main ...

With climate change causing a water supply crisis in high mountain Asia, a panel of experts, including Don, gathered in summer 2024 to discuss the biophysical and human impacts of this crisis in an ...

It’s not every day a new mountain is discovered. But then there’s the day you discover thousands of them. As you might suspect, it’s hard to hide thousand-meter-high mountains anywhere on Earth … ...