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World: The Global Reach of Mountains

World map illustrating the global reach of mountains in the context of climate change, based on a combination of the following elements:

• Major mountain regions
• Impacts of climate change
• Major river basins
• Population density

• Geographic coverage World
• Type of visual artwork Map
• Year of publication 2026
• Media type Image/webp
• Temporal coverage 2026
• Size 9921 × 7016 px
• Language English
• Creator Matthias Beilstein
• Source(s) LandScan Global 2024, Oak Ridge National Laboratory; HydroSHEDS; IPCC Sixth Assessment Report (AR6); UN Population Division; Human populations in the world’s mountains: Spatio-temporal patterns and potential controls, Thornton JM, Snethlage MA, Sayre R, Urbach DR, Viviroli D, Ehrlich D, et al., 2022
• Contributor Zoï Environment Network
• Funder United Nations Environment Programme; GRID-Arendal
• Link
  Publication "Mountains in Motion: Global Linkages from Ridge to River" on the GRID-Arendal publications page
  https://www.grida.no/publications/3014
  Map compendium "Mountains in Motion: Global Linkages from Ridge to River" on the Zoï Environment Network products page
  https://zoinet.org/product/mountains-in-motion-map-compendium/
• Credit Map by Matthias Beilstein / Zoï Environment Network
• Copyright notice 2026. Matthias Beilstein / Zoï Environment Network. All rights reserved.
• Download Map_world_global_reach_mountains_2026.webp
• URL https://beilstein.art/media/images/map_world_global_reach_mountains_2026.webp
• NFT
  Blockchain: Ethereum
  Marketplace: Foundation.app
  https://foundation.app/mint/eth/0xA08d2b2e145457085eD84f8D66427F7d482651bE/11