The Mountains Uncovered Series: Intercomparable Maps and Statistics for 100 Selected Global Mountain Ranges (v1.0)

The Mountains Uncovered series (v1.0) was developed by GEO Mountains, an Initiative of the Group on Earth Observations (GEO) and a Flagship Activity of the Mountain Research Initiative. It seeks to provide an easily understandable overview of the key characteristics of 100 selected mountain ranges around the world.

The series was developed by collating and visualising a variety of current global scale, open data products. The consistent approach taken throughout enables comparisons between mountain ranges to be made. We hope that the series will be a useful resource for researchers, policy-makers, environmental managers, educators, and others seeking to better understand the Earth's major mountain regions, and that over time it will inspire the generation of additional datasets, analyses, and products.

This first version is limited to 100 ranges only. We prioritised those mountain ranges in the focal regions of the Adaptation at Altitude Programme (i.e. the Andes, Caucasus, Central Asia, East Africa, and Hindu Kush Himalaya). The remaining ranges were selected according to a combination their extent and perceived relevance in various respects (note: this process was somewhat subjective).

In a prospective second version, other mountain ranges may be added. In addition, we will seek to identify and/or develop suitable datasets pertaining to themes that are currently missing due to existing data limitations, such as mountain biodiversity and agriculture. 

Note that the "index.html" file provided here only works if the PDFs are downloaded locally; for the web version see: https://mountainsuncovered.org/