Mountain research
（重定向自Orology）
![Human-environmental relations in the Peruvian Andes.](/Images/godic/202501/31/Peruvianterracefarmers1721.jpg")
![Lake Kucherla in the Altai Mountains.](/Images/godic/202501/31/Sunset_at_Kucherla_lake1721.jpg")
![Andorra la Vella, a mountain state's capital in the Pyrenees.](/Images/godic/202501/31/Andorra_la_Vella_31722.JPG")
![Paro Taktsang, a Himalayan monastery in Bhutan.](/Images/godic/202501/31/Taktshang1722.jpg")
Mountain research or montology, traditionally also known as orology (from Greek oros ὄρος for 'mountain' and logos λόγος), is a field of research that regionally concentrates on the Earth's surface's part covered by mountain landscapes.