What natural phenomena can occur in the mountains, and how do they affect human life?

Mountains are not the best place for human life and economic activity. Therefore, people first of all settled the flat areas. The population of the mountains is still insignificant. The most unfavorable for human habitation are young high mountains located in a humid climate. In such mountain systems, dangerous natural phenomena are not uncommon. These include landslides. Under the influence of gravity, weathered rocks descend down the slope. At the same time, they can fill up the road, river flow, and so on. After rains, mud-stone streams form – mudflows. After snowfalls and thaws, avalanches are possible. An avalanche is a huge mass of snow that can cover even small mountain settlements, catch people vacationing in the mountains by surprise. The descent of glaciers is even more dangerous. Everyone remembers the tragic fate of Sergei Bodrov, who, together with the film crew, turned out to be a buried glacier. Earthquakes are possible in young mountains.