Physiographic world map with mountain ranges and highland areas in brown and gray colors

This is a list of mountain ranges organized alphabetically by continent. Ranges on other astronomical bodies are listed afterward.

Earth[link]

By length[link]

• Mid-Ocean Ridge - 65,000 km (40,389 mi)^[1]
• Andes - 7,000 km (4,350 mi)
• Rocky Mountains - 4,800 km (2,983 mi)
• Great Dividing Range - 3,700 km (2,299 mi)
• Transantarctic Mountains - 3,500 km (2,175 mi)
• Himalayas - 2,400 km (1,491 mi)

This list is incomplete; you can help by expanding it.

By height[link]

This list is incomplete; you can help by expanding it.

By continent[link]

Africa[link]

• Ahaggar Mountains
• Ahmar Mountains, Ethiopia
• Amaro Mountains, Ethiopia
• Atlantika Mountains, Cameroon, Nigeria
• Atlas Mountains, Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia
  • Anti-Atlas, Morocco
  • Aurès Mountains, Algeria, Tunesia
  • High Atlas, Morocco
  • Middle Atlas, Morocco
  • Rif, Morocco
  • Saharan Atlas, Algeria
  • Tell Atlas, Algeria, Morocco, Tunesia
• Bale Mountains, Ethiopia
• Bakossi Mountains, Cameroon
• Bvumba Mountains, Mozambique, Zimbabwe
• Cederberg, South Africa
• Drakensberg, South Africa
• Eastern Arc Mountains, Kenya, Tanzania
• Eastern Highlands, Mozambique, Zimbabwe
• Entoto Mountains, Ethiopia
• Erta Ale Range, Ethiopia
• Kilimanjaro & Meru, Tanzania
• Kipengere Range, Tanzania
• Lebombo Mountains, Mozambique
• Magaliesberg, South Africa
• Mahale Mountains, Tanzania
• Mandara Mountains, Cameroon, Nigeria
• Mount Cameroon
• Mount Nimba
• Mt. Kenya, Kenya
• Outeniqua, South Africa
• Pare Mountains, Tanzania
• Piton des Neiges & Piton de la Fournaise, Réunion
• Rwenzori, Uganda
• Semien, Ethiopia
• Swartberg, South Africa
• Tibesti Mountains
• Udzungwa Mountains, Tanzania
• Uluguru Mountains, Tanzania
• Usambara Mountains, Tanzania

Asia[link]

• Alborz, Iran
• Al Hajar Mountains, Oman, United Arab Emirates
• Altai Mountains, Russia, China, Mongolia, Kazakhstan
• Annamite Range, Laos, Viet Nam
• Anti-Lebanon, Lebanon, Syria
• Arabian Mountain
• Bynar Range
• Caraballo, Philippines
• Cardamom Mountains, Cambodia
• Carmel Mountains, Israel
• Caucasus, Russia, Georgia, Azerbaijan, Armenia, Iran
• Celestial Mountains
• Chersky Range, Siberia, Russia)
• Chittagong Hill Tracts, Bangladesh
• Cordillera Central, Philippines
• Crocker Mountains, Malaysia
• Dzhugdzhur Mountains, Siberia
• Eastern Ghats, India
• Elburiagan Mountains
• Fansipan, Vietnam
• Gydan Mountains
• Haraz Mountains, Yemen
• Himalaya, Nepal, Bhutan, China, India, Pakistan
  • Mahabharat Range or Lesser Himalaya
  • Siwalik Range or Churia Hills, Subhimalaya
• Hindu Kush, Afghanistan, Pakistan
• Japanese Alps, Japan
  • Akaishi Mountains
  • Hida Mountains
  • Kiso Mountains
• Jayawijaya Mountains, Indonesia
• Karakoram, Pakistan, China, India
• Khingan Mountains, China
  • Greater Khingan
  • Lesser Khingan
• Khibinsky Mountains, Russia
• Kirthar Mountains, Pakistan
• Knuckles Mountain Range, Sri Lanka
• Koryak Mountains Siberia
• Kunlun Mountains, China (Tibet)
• Kuray Mountains, Russia
• Owen Stanley Range, Papua New Guinea
• Pamir Mountains, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, Afghanistan, Pakistan
• Safed Koh, Afghanistan, Pakistan
• Salt Range, Pakistan
• Sayan Mountains, Siberia
• Sierra Madre, Philippines
• Sikhote Alin Mountains, Siberia
• Stanovoi Range, Siberia
• Sulaiman Mountains, Pakistan, Iran
• Taurus Mountains, Turkey
• Toba Kakar Range, Afghanistan, Pakistan
• Tian Shan, China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan
• Titiwangsa Mountains, Malaysia, Thailand
• Ural Mountains, Russia
• Western Ghats, India
• Zagros Mountains, Iran, Iraq
• al kalrzar demni fom, Iran, Iraq
• Zamboanga Cordilleras, Philippines
• Table mountain

Europe[link]

See Category:Mountain ranges of Europe

• Alps
  • Eastern Alps, Austria, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Slovenia, Switzerland
    • Central Eastern Alps, Austria, Switzerland, Italy, Slovenia
      • Bergamo Alps, Italy
      • Hohe Tauern, Austria, Italy
        • Ankogel Group
        • Defereggen Mountains
        • Grossglockner
        • Goldberg Group
        • Granatspitz Group
        • Hafner Group
        • Kreuzeck Group
        • Rieserferner Group
        • Schober Group
        • Venediger Group
      • Kitzbühel Alps, Austria
      • Niedere Tauern, Austria
      • Ötztal Alps, Austria, Italy
      • Rhaetian Alps, Austria, Italy, Switzerland
        • Albula Range
        • Bernina Range
        • Bregaglia Range
        • Livigno Range
        • Oberhalbstein Range
        • Plessur Range
        • Samnaun Alps
        • Sesvenna Range
        • Silvretta
      • Stubai Alps, Austria, Italy
      • Tux Alps, Austria
      • Verwall Alps, Austria
      • Zillertal Alps, Austria, Italy
    • Northern Limestone Alps, Austria, Germany
      • Allgäu Alps, Austria, Germany
      • Berchtesgaden Alps, Austria, Germany
      • Dachstein, Austria
      • Ennstaler Alpen, Austria
      • Karwendel, Austria, Germany
      • Lechtal Alps, Austria
      • Totes Gebirge, Austria
      • Wetterstein, Austria, Germany
      • Wilden Kaiser, Austria
    • Rätikon, Austria, Liechtenstein, Switzerland
    • Southern Limestone Alps, Austria, Italy, Slovenia, Switzerland
      • Adamello-Presanella, Italy
      • Brenta Group, Italy
      • Carnic Alps, Austria, Italy
      • Dolomites, Italy
      • Julian Alps, Italy, Slovenia
      • Kamnik Alps, Austria, Slovenia
      • Karawanken, Austria, Slovenia
      • Ortler Alps, Italy, Switzerland
  • Western Alps (France, Switzerland, and Italy)
    • Bernese Alps, Switzerland
    • Cottian Alps, France, Italy
    • Glarus Alps, Switzerland
    • Graian Alps, France, Italy, Switzerland
      • Mont Blanc Group, France, Italy
      • Vanoise, France
      • Gran Paradiso, France, Italy
    • Lepontine Alps, Switzerland, Italy
    • Ligurian Alps, France, Italy
    • North-Eastern Swiss Alps, Switzerland
    • Pennine Alps, Italy, Switzerland
    • Prealps, France, Italy
      • Dauphiné Alps, France
      • Maritime Alps, France, Italy
      • Provence Prealps, France
      • Savoy Prealps, France
    • Savoie Alps, France Switzerland
    • Urner Alps, Switzerland
• Apennines, Italy, San Marino
• Balkan Mountains, Bulgaria, Serbia
• Belasitsa, Bulgaria, Greece, Republic of Macedonia
• Black Forest, Germany
• Black Mountains, Wales
• Brecon Beacons, Wales
• Cairngorms, Scotland
• Cantabrian Mountains, Spain
  • Picos de Europa
  • Basque Mountains
• Carpathian Mountains, Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Ukraine
  • Tatra Mountains, Poland, Slovakia
  • Beskidy Mountains, Czech Republic, Poland, Slovakia, Ukraine
  • Bieszczady Mountains, Poland, Slovakia, Ukraine
  • Transylvanian Alps, Romania, Serbia
    • Parang Mountains, Romania
    • Retezat Mountains, Romania
  • Oas Mountains, Romania
• Caucasus Mountains, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Russia, Turkey
• Dentelles de Montmirail, France
• Dinaric Alps, Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Republic of Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia, Slovenia
• Grampian mountains, Scotland
  • Ben Nevis
• Harz, Germany
• Jura mountains, France, Switzerland
• Karelides, Finland
• Macgillycuddy's Reeks, Ireland
• Măcin Mountains, Romania
• Massif Central, France
• Ore Mountains (Erzgebirge), Czech Republic, Germany
• Osogovo, Bulgaria, Macedonia
• Pennines, England
• Pindus Mountains, Greece
• Pirin, Bulgaria
• Pyrenees, Andorra, France, Spain
• Rhodope Mountains, Bulgaria, Greece
• Rila, Bulgaria
• Rhön Mountains, Germany
• Scandinavian Mountains, Finland, Norway, Sweden
  • Setesdalsheiene,
  • Jotunheimen,
  • Rondane,
  • Dovrefjell,
  • Trollheimen,
  • Kjolen mountains
  • Saltfjellet,
  • Lyngen Alps
• Sierra Morena, Spain
• Sistema Bético, Spain
• Sistema Central, Portugal, Spain
  • Sierra de Guadarrama
• Sistema Ibérico, Spain
• Sistema Penibético, Spain
• Snowdonia, Wales
• Sredna Gora, Bulgaria
• Strandzha, Bulgaria, Turkey
• Svecofennides, Finland, Sweden
• Sudetes, Czech Republic, Germany, Poland
  • Table Mountains
  • Giant Mountains (Krkonoše)
  • Jizera Mountains
  • Orlicke Mountains
  • Golden Mountains
  • Bardzkie Mountains
  • Rudawy Janowickie
  • Stone Mountains
  • Kaczawskie Mountains
  • Opawskie Mountains
  • Bystrzyckie Mountains
  • Owl Mountains
• Šumava, Austria, Czech Republic, Germany
• Swabian Alb, Germany
• Vogelsberg Mountains, Germany
• Vosges mountains, France
• Wicklow Mountains, Ireland

North America[link]

See Category:Mountain ranges of North America

• Absaroka Range, Montana and Wyoming
• Adam Range
• Adamant Range
• Alsek Ranges, British Columbia, Alaska, Yukon
• Amargosa Range, California
• Adirondack Mountains, New York
• Anvil Range, Yukon
• Appalachian Mountains, Eastern United States
• Arctic Cordillera, northeastern Canada
• Asulkan Range
• Badshot Range
• Baffin Mountains
• Baird Mountains, Alaska
• Basin and Range Province Arizona, Nevada, Utah
• Battle Range
• Bear River Mountains, Utah and Idaho
• Beaufort Range
• Beaverhead Mountains, Montana and Idaho
• Belcher Mountains, Hudson Bay
• Bendeleben Mountains, Alaska
• Big Bend Ranges
• Big Salmon Range, Yukon
• Bighorn Mountains, Wyoming
• Bishops Range
• Bitterroot Range, Montana and Idaho
• Black Hills, South Dakota and Wyoming
• Blackwelder Mountains
• Blue Mountains
• Blue Ridge Mountains
• Bonanza Range
• Bonnet Plume Range, Yukon
• Bonnington Range
• Boston Mountains, Arkansas
• Boulder Mountains, Montana
• Boulder Mountains, Idaho
• Boulder Mountains, Utah
• Brabazon Range, Alaska
• Bridger Mountains, Wyoming
• Bridger Range, Montana
• Britannia Range
• British Empire Range
• British Mountains, Yukon
• Brooks Range, northern Alaska
• Bruce Mountains
• Byam Martin Mountains
• Cabinet Mountains, Montana
• Cadwallader Range
• Camelsfoot Range
• Cameron Range
• Cantilever Range
• Cariboo Mountains
• Cascade Range
• Castle Mountains, Montana
• Catskill Mountains
• Cayoosh Range
• Challenger Mountains
• Chilcotin Ranges
• Chinati Mountains, Texas
• Chisos Mountains, Big Bend National Park, Texas
• Chugach Mountains
• Clachnacudainn Range
• Clearwater Mountains, Idaho
• Clendenning Range
• Coeur d'Alène Mountains, Montana and Idaho
• Columbia Mountains, Canada and U.S.
• Conger Range
• Coquitlam Range
• Coso Range, California
• Crazy Mountains, Montana
• Crease Range
• Cunningham Mountains
• Darby Mountains, Alaska
• Davidson Mountains, Alaska
• Davis Mountains, Texas
• Dawson Range
• DeLong Mountains, Alaska
• Dickson Range
• Douglas Ranges
• Douro Range
• Driftless Area, Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, Wisconsin
• Duncan Ranges
• East Humboldt Range, Nevada
• Elk Mountains (Colorado)
• Elk River Mountains
• Elkhorn Mountains, Montana
• Endicott Mountains, Alaska
• Everett Mountains
• Fairweather Range, Alaska
• Fannin Range
• Flathead Range, Montana
• Franklin Mountains (Alaska)
• Franklin Mountains (El Paso County, Texas
• Franklin Range
• Front Range of the Rockies, Colorado
• Gallatin Range, Montana
• Garfield Range
• Garibaldi Ranges
• Garnet Range, Montana
• Genevieve Range
• Gila Mountains (Graham County), Arizona
• Glenyon Range, Yukon
• Goat Range
• Gowlland Range
• Granite Mountains (Wyoming)
• Granite Range, Alaska
• Green Mountains (Wyoming)
• Grinnell Range
• Grogan Morgan Range
• Gros Ventre Range, Wyoming
• Guadalupe Mountains, Texas
• Haddington Range
• Haihte Range
• Ha-Iltzuk Icefield
• Halifax Range
• Hankin Range
• Hartz Mountains (Nunavut)
• Henry Mountains, Utah
• Hermit Range
• Hess Mountains, Yukon
• Homathko Icefield
• Inglefield Mountains
• Innuitian Mountains
• Insular Mountains, British Columbia
• Jeffries Range
• John Long Mountains, Montana
• Joy Range
• Karmutzen Range
• Kaumajet Mountains, Labrador, Canada
• Kettle River Range, Washington and British Columbia
• Kiglapait Mountains, Labrador
• Kigluaik Mountains, Alaska
• Kitimat Ranges
• Kluane Ranges, Yukon
• Knorr Range, Yukon
• Kokanee Range
• Kootenay Ranges, British Columbia

• Vermilion Range
• Stanford Range
• Beaverfoot Range

• Krag Mountains
• Krieger Mountains
• La Sal Mountains, Utah
• Laguna Mountains, California
• Lake Range, Nevada
• Laramie Mountains, Wyoming
• Lardeau Range
• Lemhi Range, Idaho
• Lewis Range, Montana
• Lillooet Icecap
• Lillooet Ranges
• Livingston Range, Montana
• MacDonald Range, British Columbia
• Madison Range, Montana
• Manzano Mountains, New Mexico
• McKay Range
• Monashee Range, British Columbia and Washington
• Mosquito Range, Colorado
• Nadaleen Range, Yukon
• Nelson Range
• Newcastle Range
• Niut Range
• Norns Range
• North Shore Mountains
• Ocooch Mountains,Wisconsin
• Olympic Mountains, Washington
• Oquirrh Mountains, Utah
• Oregon Coast Range, Oregon
• Organ Mountains, New Mexico
• Ortiz Mountains, New Mexico
• Osborn Range
• Ouachita Mountains, Arkansas, Oklahoma, and Texas
• Owl Creek Mountains, Wyoming
• Owl Mountains
• Ozark Plateau, Missouri, Arkansas, and Oklahoma
• Panamint Range, California
• Pelham Range
• Pelly Mountains, Yukon
• Peninsular Ranges, Baja California Peninsula, Mexico to Riverside County, California
• Phillip Smith Mountains, Alaska
• Pierce Range
• Pinaleno Mountains, Arizona
• Pioneer Mountains, Idaho
• Pioneer Mountains, Montana
• Porcupine Mountains Western Upper Peninsula of Michigan
• Precipitous Mountains
• Premier Range
• Prince of Wales Mountains
• Prince of Wales Range
• Princess Margaret Range
• Pryor Mountains, Montana
• Purity Range
• Queen Charlotte Mountains, British Columbia
• Quesnel Highland
• Red Mountains, Wyoming
• Refugium Range
• Richardson Mountains, Yukon
• Robinson Mountains, Alaska
• Rocky Mountain Foothills, British Columbia and Alberta
• Rocky Mountains, western United States and Canada
• Romanzof Mountains, Alaska
• Ruby Mountains, Nevada
• Ruby Range
• Sacramento Mountains, New Mexico
• Saint Elias Mountains, southern Alaska, Yukon and British Columbia
• Salish Mountains, Montana
• Salmon River Mountains, Idaho
• Salt River Range, Wyoming
• San Christoval Range
• San Francisco Peaks, Arizona
• San Jacinto Mountains, California
• San Juan Mountains, Colorado
• Sandia Mountains, New Mexico
• Sangre de Cristo Mountains, Colorado and New Mexico
• Santa Ana Mountains, California
• Sawatch Range, Colorado
• Sawtooth Mountains (Minnesota)
• Sawtooth Range (Idaho)
• Sawtooth Range (Nunavut)
• Schell Creek Range, Nevada
• Schwatka Mountains, Alaska
• Scoresby Hills
• Selamiut Range
• Selkirk Mountains, British Columbia, Idaho and Washington
• Selwyn Mountains, Yukon
• Seward Peninsula, Alaska
• Seymour Range
• Sheep Range, Nevada
• Shenandoah Mountains
• Shoshone Range, Idaho
• Shoshone Range, Nevada
• Shubelik Mountains, Alaska
• Shulaps Range
• Shuswap Highland
• Sierra de la Giganta, Baja California
• Sierra de la Laguna, Baja California
• Sierra de Juárez, Baja California
• Sierra Nevada, California, Nevada
• Sierra San Pedro Mártir, Baja California
• Sir Donald Range
• Sir Sandford Range
• Sir Winston Churchill Range, Alberta
• Siskiyou Mountains, Oregon
• Smoky Mountains, Idaho
• Snake Range, Nevada
• Snowy Range, Wyoming
• Soldier Mountains, Idaho
• Somerset Range
• Sophia Range
• Spearhead Range
• Spring Mountains, Nevada
• St. Cyr Range, Yukon
• Stokes Range
• Superstition Mountains, Arizona
• Sutter Buttes, California
• Sutton Range
• Swan Range, Montana
• Swiss Range
• Tantalus Range
• Tenmile Range, Colorado
• Teton Range, Wyoming
• Texas Hill Country
• Thorndike Peaks
• Tobacco Root Mountains, Montana
• Tochquonyalla Range
• Toiyabe Range, Nevada
• Torngat Mountains
• Treuter Mountains
• Tushar Mountains, Utah
• Uinta Mountains, Utah
• United States Range
• Uwharrie Mountains, North Carolina
• Valhalla Ranges
• Valkyr Range
• Vancouver Island Ranges, British Columbia
• Victoria and Albert Mountains
• Waddington Range
• Waring Mountains, Alaska
• Wasatch Range, Utah
• Washburn Range, Wyoming
• Wernecke Mountains, Yukon
• West Humboldt Range, Nevada
• White Cloud Mountains, Idaho
• White Mountains (Alaska)
• White Mountains (Arizona)
• White Mountains (California)
• White Mountains (New Hampshire)
• Whitefish Range, Montana
• Wind River Range, Wyoming
• Windy Range
• Wolf Mountains, Montana
• Wyoming Range, Wyoming
• York Mountains, Alaska

Central America[link]

• Maya Mountains, Belize
• Sierra Madre de Chiapas, Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador
• Eje Volcánico Transversal, Mexico
• Chichinautzin or Sierra del Ajusco, Mexico
• Sierra Madre Oriental, Mexico
• Sierra Madre Occidental, Mexico
• Sierra Madre del Sur, Mexico
• Tuxtla Mountains, Mexico
• Cordillera Isabelia, Nicaragua, Honduras
• Cordillera Los Maribios, Nicaragua
• Sierra de Chinajá, Guatemala
• Sierra de Chuacús, Guatemala
• Sierra de los Cuchumatanes, Guatemala
• Sierra del Lacandón, Guatemala, Mexico
• Sierra del Merendón, Guatemala, Honduras
• Cordillera Central (Costa Rica), Costa Rica
• Cerros de Escazú, Costa Rica
• Cordillera de Guanacaste, Costa Rica
• Cordillera de Talamanca, Costa Rica, Panama
• Cordillera de Tilarán, Costa Rica

South America[link]

The largest mountain range in the world is the Andes,

• Cordillera de los Andes; Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Venezuela
  • Cordillera Central, Colombia
  • Cordillera Occidental, Colombia
  • Cordillera Oriental, Colombia, Venezuela
    • Serranía del Perijá, Colombia, Venezuela
    • Serranía de los Churumbelos, Colombia
  • Cordillera Real, Ecuador
  • Cordillera Occidental, Ecuador
  • Cordillera Blanca, Peru
  • Cordillera Negra, Peru
  • Cordillera Huayhuash, Peru
  • Cordillera Central, Bolivia
    • Cordillera Real
  • Cordillera Oriental, Bolivia
    • Serranía de Charagua
    • Serranía del Aguaragüe
  • Cordillera Occidental, Bolivia, Chile
  • Cordillera de Lípez, Argentina, Bolivia
  • Cordillera de la Costa, Chile
    • Sierra Vicuña Mackenna
    • Cordillera Nahuelbuta
    • Cordillera de Mahuidanchi
    • Cordillera Pelada
    • Cordillera de Piuchén
    • Cordillera de Pirulil
  • Cordillera Domeyko, Chile
  • Sierra de Famatina, Argentina
  • Sierra de Velasco, Argentina
  • Cordillera de Talinay, Chile
  • Cordillera Negra (Chile), Chile
  • Cordillera del Paine, Chile
  • Cordillera Sarmiento, Chile
  • Cordillera Riesco, Chile
  • Cordillera Darwin, Chile
  • Martial Mountains, Argentina
  • Dientes de Navarino, Chile
• Baudó Mountains, Colombia
• Guiana Highlands, Brazil, Guyana, Venezuela
• Serranías Chiquitanas, Bolivia
  • Serranías de Santiago
• Serranía de Macuira, Colombia
• Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, Colombia
• Serrania de la Macarena, Colombia
• Serra dos Aimorés, Brazil
• Borborema Plateau, Brazil
• Chapada, Brazil
• Chapada do Araripe, Brazil
• Espinhaço Mountains, Brazil
• Chapada dos Guimarães, Brazil
• Chapada das Mangabeiras, Brazil
• Mantiqueira Mountains, Brazil
• Serra do Mar, Brazil
• Serra do Cristal, Brazil
• Serra Gaúcha, Brazil
• Serra dos Órgãos, Brazil
• Serra Geral, Brazil
• Serra de Ibiapaba, Brazil
• Serra do Rio do Rastro, Brazil
• Serra do Tiracambu, Brazil
• Sierras de Córdoba, Argentina
• Sierra de La Ventana, Argentina
• Cordón Baquedano, Chile

[edit] Antarctic

• Allardyce Range, South Georgia
• Imeon Range, Smith Island
• Pensacola Mountains
• Salvesen Range, South Georgia
• Tangra Mountains, Livingston Island
• Transantarctic Mountains
  • Queen Maud Mountains
    • Bush Mountains
    • Commonwealth Range
    • Dominion Range
    • Gothic Mountains
    • Herbert Range
    • Prince Olav Mountains
    • Hughes Range
    • Supporters Range
  • Theron Mountains

Pacific[link]

• Great Dividing Range, Australia
• Southern Alps, New Zealand

Ocean[link]

• Emperor Seamounts
• Mid-ocean ridge (the longest mountain range on Earth)^[1][2]
  • Gakkel Ridge
  • Mid-Atlantic ridge
  • Southwest Indian Ridge
  • Central Indian Ridge
  • Southeast Indian Ridge
  • Pacific-Antarctic Ridge
  • East Pacific Rise
• Ninety East Ridge

Extraterrestrial[link]

[edit] The Moon

By IAU convention, lunar mountain ranges are given Latin names.

• Montes Agricola
• Montes Alpes
• Montes Recti
• Montes Retacule
• Montes Riphaeus
• Montes Rook
• Montes Secchi
• Montes Spitzbergen
• Montes Taurus
• Montes Teneriffe

[edit] Iapetus

• Equatorial ridge

See also[link]

Mountains portal

• Mountain
• Mountain range
• List of highest mountains
• Seven Summits
• List of mountains on the Moon

References[link]

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The Himalayas, the world's highest mountain range, seen from space.

The Ocean Ridge, the world's longest mountain range (chain), by USGS.

The Andes, the world's longest mountain range on the surface of a continent, seen from the air.

A mountain range is a geographic area containing numerous geologically related mountains. A mountain system or system of mountain ranges sometimes is used to combine several geological features that are geographically (regionally) related.

Mountain ranges are usually segmented by highlands or mountain passes and valleys. Individual mountains within the same mountain range do not necessarily have the same geologic structure or petrology. They may be a mix of different orogenic expressions and terranes, for example thrust sheets, uplifted blocks, fold mountains, and volcanic landforms resulting in a variety of rock types.

Major ranges[link]

Considering underwater topography, the Ocean Ridges of the world form the longest mountain systems on Earth. Above sea level major mountain systems are chiefly arranged in two regions; the Pacific Ring of Fire and the Alpide Belt. The first includes the mountains of the western coast of the Americas, Kamatchaka, Japan, Taiwan, the Philippines, as well as parts of Indonesia and Papua New Guinea. The Alpide Belt runs from Indonesia to the Alps including the Himalayas and other European and Asian ranges. Above sea level the Andes is usually considered the world's longest mountain system; it is 7,000 kilometres (4,300 mi) in length. The Himalaya Range contains the highest mountains on the Earth's surface, the highest of which is Mount Everest. The world's longest mountain system is known as Ocean Ridge, which is a chain of mountains that runs on the seafloor of five oceans around the world; it has a length of 65,000 kilometres (40,400 mi), and the total length of the system is 80,000 kilometres (49,700 mi). The Andes is the world's longest mountain system on the surface of a continent; it is 7,000 kilometres (4,300 mi) in length. To clarify, the Andes is the world's largest chain of mountains above sea level. The Arctic Cordillera is the world's northernmost mountain system and contains the highest point in eastern North America.

Divisions and categories[link]

The mountain systems of the earth are characterized by a tree structure, that is, many mountain ranges have sub-ranges within them. It can be thought of as a parent-child relationship. For example, the Appalachian Mountains range is the parent of other ranges it comprises, some of which are the White Mountains and the Blue Ridge Mountains. The White Mountains are a child of the Appalachians, and there are also children of the Whites, including the Sandwich Range and the Presidential Range. Further, the Presidential Range can be broken up into the Northern Presidential Range and Southern Presidential Range.

Climate[link]

The position of mountains influences climate, such as rain or snow. When air masses move up and over mountains, the air cools producing orographic precipitation (rain or snow). As the air descends on the leeward side, it warms again (in accordance with the adiabatic lapse rate) and is drier, having been stripped of much of its moisture. Often, a rain shadow will affect the leeward side of a range.

Erosion[link]

Mountain ranges are constantly subjected to erosional forces which work to tear them down. Erosion is at work while the mountains are being uplifted and long after until the mountains are reduced to low hills and plains. The rugged topography of a mountain range is the product of erosion. The basins adjacent to an eroding mountain range are filled with sediments which are buried and turned into sedimentary rock.

The early Cenozoic uplift of the Rocky Mountains of Colorado provide an example. As the uplift was occurring some 10,000 feet (3,000 m) of mostly Mesozoic sedimentary strata were removed by erosion over the core of the mountain range and spread as sand and clays across the Great Plains to the east.^[1] This mass of rock was removed as the range was actively undergoing uplift. The removal of such a mass from the core of the range most likely caused further uplift as the region adjusted isostatically in response to the removed weight.

See also[link]

	Environment portal
	Earth sciences portal

• List of mountain ranges
• List of mountains
• Plate tectonics
• Mountain building

References[link]

External links[link]

• Peakbagger Ranges Home Page
• Bivouac.com

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