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Mountain Range

Given an array of integers representing elevations of a mountain range, calculate the total area of 'mountains' formed by consecutive higher elevations. A mountain is considered any increasing sequence of heights followed by an immediate drop in height. Input: - A single line of space-separated integers representing the elevations. Output: - A single integer representing the total area of the mountains. Example: Input: 1 3 2 4 1 Output: 6

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