Why is it colder in mountains than in the plains?

Why is it colder in mountains than in the plains?

Since the highest point of a mountain is nearer to the Sun, shouldn't it be hotter up there? Furthermore, doesn't warm ascent? So for what reason is it cooler in the mountains ? For what reason is there snow?

As you climb a mountain to a higher elevation, the climate gets more slender and more slender. This is on the grounds that gaseous tension declines with elevation.

Despite the fact that warm air ascends, as it does as such the rising air extends and cools. When it extends and cools, it can't ingest and hold warm the manner in which it does at the base of the mountain.

In spite of the fact that peaks are nearer to the Sun, they're additionally more remote far from the warm warmth of the Earth's center, that keeps the ground warm. So the highest point of the mountain can be substantially colder than the base.

Have you ever known about Mt. Chimborazo? A mountain situated in the Ecuadorean fields, precisely on the equator while the highest point of the mountain has snow on it! Mt. Chimborazo is the most elevated point on earth, and not Mt. Everest!

Cooler temperatures at the highest point of a mountain likewise imply that, there's less vanishing occurring. This prompts more noteworthy measures of dampness noticeable all around. More dampness implies more rain, and at the plain best of a mountain, more snow.

Mt. Chimborazo , Yes it is most elevated point , But just for Ecuador. Mt. Everest still holds the record for most astounding elevation, however the tallest mountain is Mauna kea, in Hawaii, USA. You can just observe 4,205 m that is 13,796 ft of it, the rest is submerged, yet from its submarine base in the Hawaiian Trough, it comes to up for a sum of 10,205 m which is 33,480 ft.