Mountain ecosystem: Quick Facts

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Figure 1: Worldwide distribution of mountain lands.

Fir and hemlock

pink mountain heather

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Chutes d'Ekom - a waterfall on the Nkam river in the rainforest near Melong, in the western highlands of Cameroon in Africa.

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