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    Mount Kinabalu is a 13,455-foot peak located in northern East Malaysia. It is the highest mountain in the Malay Archipelago. Mountains are usually classified as landforms that rise at least 1,000 feet above the surrounding area. They can be formed by plate tectonics, volcanoes, or other geological processes. Mountains have significant impacts on habitats, weather patterns, and geopolitical borders.

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    Mount Kinabalu is a 13,455-foot peak located in northern East Malaysia. It is the highest mountain in the Malay Archipelago. Mountains are usually classified as landforms that rise at least 1,000 feet above the surrounding area. They can be formed by plate tectonics, volcanoes, or other geological processes. Mountains have significant impacts on habitats, weather patterns, and geopolitical borders.

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    Mount Kinabalu is a 13,455-foot peak located in northern East Malaysia. It is the highest mountain in the Malay Archipelago. Mountains are usually classified as landforms that rise at least 1,000 feet above the surrounding area. They can be formed by plate tectonics, volcanoes, or other geological processes. Mountains have significant impacts on habitats, weather patterns, and geopolitical borders.

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    Mount Kinabalu is a 13,455-foot peak located in northern East Malaysia. It is the highest mountain in the Malay Archipelago. Mountains are usually classified as landforms that rise at least 1,000 feet above the surrounding area. They can be formed by plate tectonics, volcanoes, or other geological processes. Mountains have significant impacts on habitats, weather patterns, and geopolitical borders.

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    <p>Fog obscures the summit of Malaysia's Mount Kinabalu, a 13,455-foot (4,101-


    meter) peak in northwestern East Malaysia. Formerly known as St. Peter's Mount,
    Kinabalu is the highest mountain in the Malay Archipelago.</p>
    MOUNT KINABALU, MALAYSIA
    Fog obscures the summit of Malaysia's Mount Kinabalu, a 13,455-foot (4,101-meter) peak in
    northwestern East Malaysia. Formerly known as St. Peter's Mount, Kinabalu is the highest mountain
    in the Malay Archipelago.
    PHOTOGRAPH BY JOSE AZEL
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    Mountains
    They define landscapes, people risk their lives to climb them, and they can
    even make their own weather.
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    The mighty chunks rise all over the world, including the oceans. They
    usually have steep, sloping sides and sharp or rounded ridges, and a
    high point, called a peak or summit. Most geologists classify a mountain
    as a landform that rises at least 1,000 feet (300 meters) or more above
    its surrounding area. A mountain range is a series or chain of
    mountains that are close together.

    How Are Mountains Formed?


    The world's tallest mountain ranges form when pieces of Earth's crust—
    called plates—smash against each other in a process called plate
    tectonics, and buckle up like the hood of a car in a head-on collision.
    The Himalaya in Asia formed from one such massive wreck that started
    about 55 million years ago. Thirty of the world’s highest mountains are
    in the Himalaya. The summit of Mount Everest, at 29,035 feet (8,850
    meters), is the highest point on Earth.

    The tallest mountain measured from top to bottom is Mauna Kea, an


    inactive volcano on the island of Hawaii in the Pacific Ocean. Measured
    from the base, Mauna Kea stands 33,474 feet (10,203 meters) tall,
    though it only rises 13,796 feet (4,205 meters) above the sea.
    Volcanic mountains form when molten rock from deep inside the Earth
    erupts through the crust and piles up on itself. The islands of Hawaii
    were formed by undersea volcanoes, and the islands seen above water
    today are the remaining volcano tops. Well-known volcanoes on land
    include Mount St. Helens in Washington State and Mount Fuji in
    Japan. Sometimes volcanic eruptions break down mountains instead of
    building them up, like the 1980 eruption that blew the top off Mount St.
    Helens.

    When magma pushes the crust up but hardens before erupting onto the
    surface, it forms so-called dome mountains. Wind and rain pummel the
    domes, sculpting peaks and valleys. Examples include the Black Hills of
    South Dakota and the Adirondack Mountains of New York. Plateau
    mountains are similar to dome mountains, but form as colliding
    tectonic plates push up the land without folding or faulting. They are
    then shaped by weathering and erosion.

    Other types of mountains form when stresses within and between the
    tectonic plates lead to cracking and faulting of the Earth's surface,
    which forces blocks of rock up and down. Examples of fault-block
    mountains include the Sierra Nevada in California and Nevada, the
    Tetons in Wyoming, and the Harz Mountains in Germany.

    Impact of Mountains on Habitats and Geopolitics


    Mountains often serve as geographic features that define natural
    borders of countries. Their height can influence weather patterns,
    stalling storms that roll off the oceans and squeezing water from the
    clouds. The other side is often much drier. The rugged landscapes even
    provide refuge—and protection—for fleeing and invading armies.

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