Iran's folded rocks are a colorful formation that is part of the Greater Caucasus mountains, which formed when the Eurasian ...

The second edition of the Piolet d'Or Asia now has its winners: the Koreans Sim Kwang Sik, Kang Yongsun and Joo MinSu won the Asian "Golden Ice axe" for their first ascent of the Garmush West Face, ...

In this study, the researchers showed that High Mountain Asia experiences an average of 22.4 ROS days per year, with the Ganges Basin having the highest frequency at 45.8 days. Most ROS events ...

The Earth's longest mountain chain isn't the Andes in South America, or the Himalayas in Asia, or even North ... It then solidifies into rock as it is cooled by the sea, creating new ocean floor.

The highest mountain ranges are created by tectonic plates pushing together and forcing the ground up where they meet. This is how the mountains of the Himalayas in Asia were formed. The Andes are ...