What do Mountains look like?

Mountains usually have steep, sloping sides and sharp or slightly rounded ridges and peaks.

Mountains can be rocky and barren. Some have trees growing on their sides and very high mountains have snow on their peaks.

Some common features of mountains include the following:

* the summit, or the top of a mountain;
* the slope, or side of the mountain; and
* a very steep valley between young mountains, known as a gorge.