Q. What percentage of the total area of lithosphere has the expansion of mountains?
Answer: around 26-27%
Notes: Mountains cover about 25 percent of the world’s land surface. They occur in 75 percent of the world’s countries and directly support 12 percent of the world’s population living within them. Mountains play a significant role in providing water and food supply to the millions of people in the world.

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