Do We Need Mountains?
January 10th, 2010
Do you live in a mountainous environment? Have you ever wondered how important these mountains are to man? If you do or don’t, below are the importance of mountain to life of Earth. Apart from agricultural, mineral and forest value of mountains we still need them as our major source of water, habitat for our wildlife, conservation of wildlife, its aesthetic beauty, climatic, recreational and relaxation function.
Source of Water: Do you know that the mountains are major sources of water to all living things on Earth? If you don’t, know it today. The mountain is the source of the major rivers we have on Earth today. Since water is life, mountain is very important for the existence of life on Earth today.
A Habitat for Wild Life: The Mountains have very nice vegetation that supports wildlife. Wild animals like lions, tiger, snake, etc live in the mountain.
Conservation of Wildlife: Since most mountains are not easily accessible to man, the mountain helps in the conservation of wildlife on Earth. It prevents man from encroaching into mountainous wildlife. Without mountains, most species of plant and animals would have long been extinct.
Aesthetic Beauty: The appearance of mountains around our environment makes it naturally beauty. We can always find entertaining waterfalls, caves and ornamental plants in mountainous environment.
Recreation and relaxation: After the hustle and bustle of the day, some of the mountains within our reach can serve as center for recreation and relaxation. Recreational activities like mountains climbing and walking are very interesting and entertaining.
It appears as if the mountains are of no use to humanity today. Day by day, man continues to destroy the magnificent splendid beauty of the mountains through the daily routine activities like farming, mining, deforestation and so fort. I hope this article will help change the minds of those who are destroying our mountain. We can’t really live without mountains.