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What is the highest mountain range in the world? The Himalayas are the highest mountain range in the world. What is the longest mountain range in the world? The Andes Mountains form the longest mountain range in the world. Well known mountain ranges
The Himalayas, literally translated as 'Land of Snow', Where are the Himalayan mountains? The Himalayas is one of the youngest mountain ranges in the world.
The Alps are one of the largest and highest
mountain ranges in the world, covering some 192,000km2 of land area, stretching over 750 miles (1,200 km) from Austria and Slovenia in the east, through Italy, Switzerland, Liechtenstein and Germany to France in the west. The Alps includes several hundred peaks and glaciers, including numerous peaks over 12,000 feet, with Mont Blanc highest at 15,771 feet.
The Andes Mountains are the longest mountain range in the world. They stretch 4,500 miles (7,200 km) from north to south, along the west coast of the continent. Where are the
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The Karakoram is a great mountain range in Northeast Pakistan and Northern India, near the Chinese border. It extends 300 miles southeastwardly and includes many of the world's highest peaks, and many of the world's longest glaciers. Some of the mountain ranges found on each continent Antarctic Peninsula, Transantarctic Mountains The highest mountain, Vinson Massif in the Ellsworth Mountains, peaks at 4897 m. Atlas, Eastern African Highlands, Ethiopian Highlands Hindu Kush, Himalayas, Taurus, Elburz, Japanese Mountains MacDonnell Mountains Pyrenees, Alps, Carpathians, Apennines, Urals, Balkan Mountains Appalachians, Sierra Nevada, Rocky Mountains, Laurentides Andes, Brazilian Highlands Further information More mountain ranges Can you name the world's mountain ranges? What is the name of the mountain chain in South America?The Andes consist of a vast series of extremely high plateaus surmounted by even higher peaks that form an unbroken rampart over a distance of some 5,500 miles (8,900 kilometres)—from the southern tip of South America to the continent's northernmost coast on the Caribbean.
Which is the long mountain chain that runs along the west coast of South America?Located along the entire western coast of South America, the Andes mountain range is about 4,500 miles (7,242 kilometers) long.
Which mountains form the western coast of South America?The Andes Mountains run the length of the West Coast of South America, rising in the North in Colombia and finishing in Chile and Argentina in the South. They are world's longest mountain range running for over 7,000km and covering 6 countries.
What is the name of a large mountain chain in South America that makes up the eastern border of Chile?Spanning through Colombia, Venezuela, Peru, Ecuador, Bolivia, Argentina and Chile, the Andes are a vast and long mountain range and have the highest peak outside of Asia. Therefore, it boasts one of the most incredible South American features. The Andes have a general width of about 200 km throughout the range.
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