Does Earth's Stability Depend on Mountains?

[Mainul_Islam]

Do the mountains have any purpose of Earth's functioning, such as keeping the Earth stable in any sort of way?

I'm open to hear any facts (from sources), theories, and explanations.

 

[Andre]

Welcome, Mainul Islam.

I think the question is more philosophical, on the edge of metaphysical. Is there anything in nature with a purpose? Has the moon a purpose. Let's say that the moon is a very convenient thing to have, keeping the Earth spin axis rather stable. But is that a purpose or a happy coincidence?

Mountains are the result of plate tectonics which in turn is very convenient as well, otherwise the world would have had a a perfect geode form with no elevation difference anywhere with some 3000 meters of ocean depth covering everything, execpt perhaps an odd hot spot volcano. But does plate tectonics have a purpose?

 

[iansmith]

this thread will only bring speculation.