A New High-Resolution Map of World Mountains and an Online Tool for Visualizing and Comparing Characterizations of Global Mountain Distributions

A New High-Resolution Map of World Mountains and an Online Tool for Visualizing and Comparing Characterizations of Global Mountain Distributions

Answers to the seemingly straightforward questions “what is a mountain?” and “where are the mountains of the world?” are in fact quite complex, and there have been few attempts to map the mountains of the earth in a consistent and rigorous fashion. However, knowing exactly where mountain ecosystems...

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Main Authors: Roger Sayre, Charlie Frye, Deniz Karagulle, Jürg Krauer, Sean Breyer, Peter Aniello, Dawn J. Wright, Davnah Payne, Carolina Adler, Harumi Warner, D. Paco VanSistine, Jill Cress
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: International Mountain Society 2018-08-01
Series:Mountain Research and Development
Subjects:
global mountains
mountain ecosystems
digital elevation model
terrain analysis
landforms
Online Access:http://www.bioone.org/doi/full/10.1659/MRD-JOURNAL-D-17-00107.1

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