Astonishing Vintage Illustrations of Mountain Vegetation

May 7, 2019 Alex

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Mountain vegetation is found in the mountains at higher altitudes. This kind of vegetation is characterized by a rapid vertical change in dominant plant cover forms, with slight elevation changes.

Climbing higher into the mountains, you can visit different climatic zones and biomes of the Earth, from tropical forests to arctic deserts. This fact has struck the imagination of many explorers in the past.

Below are unique images of mountain vegetation created by the German geographer Humboldt in the 19th century.

Compare mountain vegetation on the Himalaya, Andes, Alps, and Lappland, Teneriffa, Chimborazo, Mont Blanc, and Sulitjelma (Norway).