Kapos Mountain Classification   

Non-mountaineous areas

Kapos 1: >4,500 m

Kapos 2: 3,500–4,500 m

Kapos 3: 2,500–3,499 m

Kapos 4: 1,500–2,499 m and Slope > 2deg

Kapos 5: 1,000–1,499 m and Slope > 5deg

Kapos 6: 300–999 m and LER > 300 m

Kapos 7: Isolated inner basins/plateau < 25 km2 

Two geographic information systems (GIS)-based characterizations derived from global digital elevation models (DEMs) at a spatial resolution of approximately 1 km have considerably advanced our understanding of the global distribution of mountains. The first global mountains raster GIS datalayer was produced by Kapos et al. (2000), herein referred to as K1. The second global mountains raster GIS datalayer was produced by Körner et al. (2011), herein referred to as K2. A new global mountains raster GIS data layer was recently produced by Karagulle et al. (2017), herein referred to as K3.