IMPORTANT MOUNTAINS MOUNT VESUVIUS

 MOUNT VESUVIUS

·         A volcanic Mountain lying-in Naples (Italy).

APPENNINES

·         Mountain chain extending from the western Alps to the southern i\tip of mainland in Italy.

·         An examples of limestone hills, which is well known for wine (Asti)in piedmont district of Italy.

VOSGES

·         Lies in France and separate it from Italy.

·         An example of Block Mountain.

ALPS

·         Lies in the south – Eastern part of France and separates it from Italy.

·         Mount Blanc (4,807 m) is the highest peak of Alps, lies in France.

·         The Alps acts as giant watershed in Switzerland.

MOUNT ETNA

·         A volcanic Mountain of Sicily (Italy).

·         Example of parasitic volcanic cone.

DINARIC ALPS

·         Lies along the north – east coast of Adriatic Sea.

CARPATHIAN

·         Running in northwest –southeast direction in the countries of Poland, Ukraine and Romania.

Balkan

·         Runs in east- west direction in Bulgaria.

PINDUS

·         The barren limestone chain, running north west-southeast and rising to 2,500m.

·         Constitutes the principal mountain chain of Greece.

URAL:

·         Average height between 500 and 800m.

·         Forms the natural Boundary between Asia and