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mountain range A mountain range or hill range is a series of mountains or hills arranged in a line and connected by high ground. A mountain system or mountain belt is a group of mountain ranges with similarity in form, structure, and alignment that have ari ...
s on
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. First, the highest and longest mountain ranges on Earth are listed, followed by more comprehensive alphabetical lists organized by continent. Ranges in the oceans and on other celestial bodies are listed afterwards.


Mountain ranges on planet Earth


By size

Note 1: A peak included in the "Eastern Pamirs" more often than in the
Kunlun Mountains The Kunlun Mountains ( zh, s=昆仑山, t=崑崙山, p=Kūnlún Shān, ; ug, كۇئېنلۇن تاغ تىزمىسى / قۇرۇم تاغ تىزمىسى ) constitute one of the longest mountain chains in Asia, extending for more than . In the bro ...
, as Kongur Tagh and the Kunlun range are ''separated'' by the large
Yarkand River The Yarkand River (or Yarkent River, Yeh-erh-ch'iang Ho) is a river in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region of western China. It originates in the Siachen Muztagh in a part of the Karakoram range and flows into the Tarim River or Neinejoung R ...
valley; no valley of such significance separates the Pamirs and Kongur Tagh, just political boundaries. Note 2: Part of
Hindu Kush The Hindu Kush is an mountain range in Central and South Asia to the west of the Himalayas. It stretches from central and western Afghanistan, Quote: "The Hindu Kush mountains run along the Afghan border with the North-West Frontier Province ...
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Himalayas The Himalayas, or Himalaya (; ; ), is a mountain range in Asia, separating the plains of the Indian subcontinent from the Tibetan Plateau. The range has some of the planet's highest peaks, including the very highest, Mount Everest. Over 10 ...
region All of the Asian ranges above have been formed in part over the past 35 to 55 million years by the collision between the
Indian Plate The Indian Plate (or India Plate) is a minor tectonic plate straddling the equator in the Eastern Hemisphere. Originally a part of the ancient continent of Gondwana, the Indian Plate broke away from the other fragments of Gondwana , began ...
and
Eurasian Plate The Eurasian Plate is a tectonic plate that includes most of the continent of Eurasia (a landmass consisting of the traditional continents of Europe and Asia), with the notable exceptions of the Indian subcontinent, the Arabian subcontinent an ...
. The Indian Plate is still particularly mobile and these mountain ranges continue to rise in elevation every year and this page may need to be updated in a few years; of these the Himalayas are rising most quickly; the
Kashmir Kashmir () is the northernmost geographical region of the Indian subcontinent. Until the mid-19th century, the term "Kashmir" denoted only the Kashmir Valley between the Great Himalayas and the Pir Panjal Range. Today, the term encompas ...
and Pamirs region to the north of the Indian subcontinent is the point of confluence of these mountains which encircle the
Tibetan Plateau The Tibetan Plateau (, also known as the Qinghai–Tibet Plateau or the Qing–Zang Plateau () or as the Himalayan Plateau in India, is a vast elevated plateau located at the intersection of Central, South and East Asia covering most of the Ti ...
.


By prominence

See
List of peaks by prominence This is a list of mountain peaks ordered by their topographic prominence. Terminology The prominence of a peak is the minimum height of climb to the summit on any route from a higher peak, or from sea level if there is no higher peak. The lowe ...
(ranking the mountain ranges as well).


Mountain ranges by length

Mountain systems, Himalayan ranges and chains by length (over 500 km): #The underwater
Mid-ocean ridge A mid-ocean ridge (MOR) is a seafloor mountain system formed by plate tectonics. It typically has a depth of about and rises about above the deepest portion of an ocean basin. This feature is where seafloor spreading takes place along a div ...
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Ring of Fire The Ring of Fire (also known as the Pacific Ring of Fire, the Rim of Fire, the Girdle of Fire or the Circum-Pacific belt) is a region around much of the rim of the Pacific Ocean where many volcanic eruptions and earthquakes occur. The Ring ...
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American Cordillera The American Cordillera is a chain of mountain ranges ( cordilleras) that consists of an almost continuous sequence of mountain ranges that form the western "backbone" of North America, Central America and South America, with Aconcagua as the ...
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Andes The Andes, Andes Mountains or Andean Mountains (; ) are the longest continental mountain range in the world, forming a continuous highland along the western edge of South America. The range is long, wide (widest between 18°S – 20°S ...
– . Northern and Southern Andes main subdivisions, along both run three vast, almost parallel chain systems of mountain ranges – Cordillera Occidental, Cordillera Central and Cordillera Oriental. ###
North American Cordillera The North American Cordillera, sometimes also called the Western Cordillera of North America, the Western Cordillera or the Pacific Cordillera, is the North American portion of the American Cordillera, the mountain chain system (cordillera) alon ...
– # Alpine-Himalayan orogenic belt – more than ##
Hindu Kush The Hindu Kush is an mountain range in Central and South Asia to the west of the Himalayas. It stretches from central and western Afghanistan, Quote: "The Hindu Kush mountains run along the Afghan border with the North-West Frontier Province ...
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Himalayas The Himalayas, or Himalaya (; ; ), is a mountain range in Asia, separating the plains of the Indian subcontinent from the Tibetan Plateau. The range has some of the planet's highest peaks, including the very highest, Mount Everest. Over 10 ...
region – # Great Escarpment, Southern Africa – ##
Drakensberg The Drakensberg (Afrikaans: Drakensberge, Zulu: uKhahlambha, Sotho: Maluti) is the eastern portion of the Great Escarpment, which encloses the central Southern African plateau. The Great Escarpment reaches its greatest elevation – within t ...
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Rocky Mountains The Rocky Mountains, also known as the Rockies, are a major mountain range and the largest mountain system in North America. The Rocky Mountains stretch in straight-line distance from the northernmost part of western Canada, to New Mexico ...
– (section of the
North American Cordillera The North American Cordillera, sometimes also called the Western Cordillera of North America, the Western Cordillera or the Pacific Cordillera, is the North American portion of the American Cordillera, the mountain chain system (cordillera) alon ...
) #
Great Dividing Range The Great Dividing Range, also known as the East Australian Cordillera or the Eastern Highlands, is a cordillera system in eastern Australia consisting of an expansive collection of mountain ranges, plateaus and rolling hills, that runs rough ...
– # Transantarctic Mountains – #
Kunlun Mountains The Kunlun Mountains ( zh, s=昆仑山, t=崑崙山, p=Kūnlún Shān, ; ug, كۇئېنلۇن تاغ تىزمىسى / قۇرۇم تاغ تىزمىسى ) constitute one of the longest mountain chains in Asia, extending for more than . In the bro ...
– (section of the Alpine-Himalayan orogenic belt) #
Atlas Mountains The Atlas Mountains are a mountain range in the Maghreb in North Africa. It separates the Sahara Desert from the Mediterranean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean; the name "Atlantic" is derived from the mountain range. It stretches around through ...
– (section of the Alpine-Himalayan orogenic belt) #
Ural Mountains The Ural Mountains ( ; rus, Ура́льские го́ры, r=Uralskiye gory, p=ʊˈralʲskʲɪjə ˈɡorɨ; ba, Урал тауҙары) or simply the Urals, are a mountain range that runs approximately from north to south through western ...
– #
Appalachian Mountains The Appalachian Mountains, often called the Appalachians, (french: Appalaches), are a system of mountains in eastern to northeastern North America. The Appalachians first formed roughly 480 million years ago during the Ordovician Period. The ...
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Himalayas The Himalayas, or Himalaya (; ; ), is a mountain range in Asia, separating the plains of the Indian subcontinent from the Tibetan Plateau. The range has some of the planet's highest peaks, including the very highest, Mount Everest. Over 10 ...
– c. (main section of the
Hindu Kush The Hindu Kush is an mountain range in Central and South Asia to the west of the Himalayas. It stretches from central and western Afghanistan, Quote: "The Hindu Kush mountains run along the Afghan border with the North-West Frontier Province ...
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Himalayas The Himalayas, or Himalaya (; ; ), is a mountain range in Asia, separating the plains of the Indian subcontinent from the Tibetan Plateau. The range has some of the planet's highest peaks, including the very highest, Mount Everest. Over 10 ...
region) ## High Himalayas – ##
Sivalik Hills The Sivalik Hills, also known as the Shivalik Hills and Churia Hills, are a mountain range of the outer Himalayas that stretches over about from the Indus River eastwards close to the Brahmaputra River, spanning the northern parts of the India ...
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Lesser Himalayas The geology of Nepal is dominated by the Himalaya, the highest, youngest and a very highly active mountain range. Himalaya is a type locality for the study of on-going continent-continent collision tectonics. The Himalayan arc extends about fr ...
– # Altai mountain system – #
New Guinea Highlands The New Guinea Highlands, also known as the Central Range or Central Cordillera, is a long chain of mountain ranges on the island of New Guinea, including the island's tallest peak, Puncak Jaya , the highest mountain in Oceania. The range is home ...
– # Barisan Mountains – c. (section of the Alpine-Himalayan orogenic belt) #
Carpathian Mountains The Carpathian Mountains or Carpathians () are a range of mountains forming an arc across Central Europe. Roughly long, it is the third-longest European mountain range after the Urals at and the Scandinavian Mountains at . The range stretche ...
– (section of the Alpine-Himalayan orogenic belt) #
Scandinavian Mountains The Scandinavian Mountains or the Scandes is a mountain range that runs through the Scandinavian Peninsula. The western sides of the mountains drop precipitously into the North Sea and Norwegian Sea, forming the fjords of Norway, whereas to th ...
(Scandes) – c. #Verkhoyansk Range-Suntar-Khayata Range – (section of the East
Siberia Siberia ( ; rus, Сибирь, r=Sibir', p=sʲɪˈbʲirʲ, a=Ru-Сибирь.ogg) is an extensive geographical region, constituting all of North Asia, from the Ural Mountains in the west to the Pacific Ocean in the east. It has been a part ...
n System of mountains) ##
Verkhoyansk Range The Verkhoyansk Range (russian: Верхоянский хребет, ''Verkhojanskiy Khrebet''; sah, Үөһээ Дьааҥы сис хайата, ''Üöhee Chaangy sis khaĭata'') is a mountain range in the Sakha Republic, Russia near the settle ...
– ## Suntar-Khayata Range – #
Coast Mountains The Coast Mountains (french: La chaîne Côtière) are a major mountain range in the Pacific Coast Ranges of western North America, extending from southwestern Yukon through the Alaska Panhandle and virtually all of the Coast of British Columbi ...
– (section of the
North American Cordillera The North American Cordillera, sometimes also called the Western Cordillera of North America, the Western Cordillera or the Pacific Cordillera, is the North American portion of the American Cordillera, the mountain chain system (cordillera) alon ...
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Qin Mountains The Qinling () or Qin Mountains, formerly known as the Nanshan ("Southern Mountains"), are a major east–west mountain range in southern Shaanxi Province, China. The mountains mark the divide between the drainage basins of the Yangtze and Yellow ...
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Transhimalaya The Transhimalaya (also spelled Trans-Himalaya), or "Gangdise – Nyenchen Tanglha range" ( zh, s=冈底斯-念青唐古拉山脉, p=Gāngdǐsī-Niànqīngtánggǔlā Shānmài), is a mountain range in China, India and Nepal, extending in a w ...
– (section of the Alpine-Himalayan orogenic belt) # Western Ghats – #
Chersky Range The Chersky Range (, ) is a chain of mountains in northeastern Siberia between the Yana River and the Indigirka River. Administratively the area of the range belongs to the Sakha Republic, although a small section in the east is within Magada ...
– (section of the East
Siberia Siberia ( ; rus, Сибирь, r=Sibir', p=sʲɪˈbʲirʲ, a=Ru-Сибирь.ogg) is an extensive geographical region, constituting all of North Asia, from the Ural Mountains in the west to the Pacific Ocean in the east. It has been a part ...
n System of mountains) # Peninsular mountain ranges – (section of the
North American Cordillera The North American Cordillera, sometimes also called the Western Cordillera of North America, the Western Cordillera or the Pacific Cordillera, is the North American portion of the American Cordillera, the mountain chain system (cordillera) alon ...
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Serra do Mar The Serra do Mar (, Portuguese for ''Sea's Ridge'' or ''Sea Ridge'') is a 1,500 km long system of mountain ranges and escarpments in Southeastern Brazil. Geography The Serra do Mar runs parallel to the Atlantic Ocean coast from the state ...
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Taurus Mountains The Taurus Mountains ( Turkish: ''Toros Dağları'' or ''Toroslar'') are a mountain complex in southern Turkey, separating the Mediterranean coastal region from the central Anatolian Plateau. The system extends along a curve from Lake Eğird ...
– (section of the Alpine-Himalayan orogenic belt) #
Zagros Mountains The Zagros Mountains ( ar, جبال زاغروس, translit=Jibal Zaghrus; fa, کوه‌های زاگرس, Kuh hā-ye Zāgros; ku, چیاکانی زاگرۆس, translit=Çiyakani Zagros; Turkish: ''Zagros Dağları''; Luri: ''Kuh hā-ye Zāgr ...
– (section of the Alpine-Himalayan orogenic belt) #
Sierra Madre Occidental The Sierra Madre Occidental is a major mountain range system of the North American Cordillera, that runs northwest–southeast through northwestern and western Mexico, and along the Gulf of California. The Sierra Madre is part of the American ...
– (section of the
North American Cordillera The North American Cordillera, sometimes also called the Western Cordillera of North America, the Western Cordillera or the Pacific Cordillera, is the North American portion of the American Cordillera, the mountain chain system (cordillera) alon ...
) #
Mantiqueira Mountains The Mantiqueira Mountains (Portuguese: ''Serra da Mantiqueira iterally: Mantiqueira Mountains Chain') are a mountain range in Southeastern Brazil, with parts in the states of São Paulo, Minas Gerais and Rio de Janeiro. It rises abruptly from the ...
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Espinhaço Mountains The Espinhaço Mountains (, ) are a mountain range in Brazil. The range runs roughly north and south through the states of Minas Gerais and Bahia, extending for approximately . It forms the divide between the upper watershed of the São Francis ...
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Kolyma Mountains The Kolyma Mountains or Kolyma Upland ( rus, Колымское нагорье, r=Kolymskoye Nagorye) is a system of mountain ranges in northeastern Siberia, lying mostly within the Magadan Oblast, along the shores of the Sea of Okhotsk in the ...
– (section of the East
Siberia Siberia ( ; rus, Сибирь, r=Sibir', p=sʲɪˈbʲirʲ, a=Ru-Сибирь.ogg) is an extensive geographical region, constituting all of North Asia, from the Ural Mountains in the west to the Pacific Ocean in the east. It has been a part ...
n System of mountains) #
Alps The Alps () ; german: Alpen ; it, Alpi ; rm, Alps ; sl, Alpe . are the highest and most extensive mountain range system that lies entirely in Europe, stretching approximately across seven Alpine countries (from west to east): France, Sw ...
– (section of the Alpine-Himalayan orogenic belt) ##
Western Alps The Western Alps are the western part of the Alpine Range including the southeastern part of France (e.g. Savoie), the whole of Monaco, the northwestern part of Italy (i.e. Piedmont and the Aosta Valley) and the southwestern part of Switzerland ( ...
– approx. ### French Prealps – more than ##
Eastern Alps Eastern Alps is the name given to the eastern half of the Alps, usually defined as the area east of a line from Lake Constance and the Alpine Rhine valley up to the Splügen Pass at the Alpine divide and down the Liro River to Lake Como in t ...
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Central Eastern Alps The Central Eastern Alps (german: Zentralalpen or Zentrale Ostalpen), also referred to as Austrian Central Alps (german: Österreichische Zentralalpen) or just Central Alps, comprise the main chain of the Eastern Alps in Austria and the adjacen ...
– approx. ###
Northern Limestone Alps The Northern Limestone Alps (german: Nördliche Kalkalpen), also called the Northern Calcareous Alps, are the ranges of the Eastern Alps north of the Central Eastern Alps located in Austria and the adjacent Bavarian lands of southeastern Germa ...
– approx. ###
Southern Limestone Alps The Southern Limestone Alps ( it, Alpi Sud-orientali, german: Südliche Kalkalpen), also called the Southern Calcareous Alps, are the ranges of the Eastern Alps south of the Central Eastern Alps mainly located in northern Italy and the adjacen ...
and Western Limestone Alps – approx. # Apennines – (section of the Alpine-Himalayan orogenic belt) #
Caucasus Mountains The Caucasus Mountains, : pronounced * hy, Կովկասյան լեռներ, : pronounced * az, Qafqaz dağları, pronounced * rus, Кавка́зские го́ры, Kavkázskiye góry, kɐfˈkasːkʲɪje ˈɡorɨ * tr, Kafkas Dağla ...
– (section of the Alpine-Himalayan orogenic belt) ##
Greater Caucasus The Greater Caucasus ( az, Böyük Qafqaz, Бөјүк Гафгаз, بيوک قافقاز; ka, დიდი კავკასიონი, ''Didi K’avk’asioni''; russian: Большой Кавказ, ''Bolshoy Kavkaz'', sometimes translat ...
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Lesser Caucasus The Lesser Caucasus, also called Caucasus Minor, is the second of the two main mountain ranges of Caucasus mountains, of length about . The western portion of the Lesser Caucasus overlaps and converges with east Turkey and northwest Iran. It runs ...
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Cordillera Occidental (Colombia) The Cordillera Occidental ( en, Western Ranges) is the lowest in elevation of the three branches of the Colombian Andes. The average altitude is and the highest peak is Cerro Tatamá at . The range extends from south to north dividing from t ...
– (section of the Northern
Andes The Andes, Andes Mountains or Andean Mountains (; ) are the longest continental mountain range in the world, forming a continuous highland along the western edge of South America. The range is long, wide (widest between 18°S – 20°S ...
, American Cordillera) #
Cordillera Oriental (Colombia) The Cordillera Oriental ( en, Eastern Ranges) is the widest of the three branches of the Colombian Andes. The range extends from south to north dividing from the Colombian Massif in Huila Department to Norte de Santander Department where it spli ...
– (section of the Northern
Andes The Andes, Andes Mountains or Andean Mountains (; ) are the longest continental mountain range in the world, forming a continuous highland along the western edge of South America. The range is long, wide (widest between 18°S – 20°S ...
, American Cordillera) # Vindhya Range – # Altai Mountains – 1,200 km (750 mi) #
Drakensberg The Drakensberg (Afrikaans: Drakensberge, Zulu: uKhahlambha, Sotho: Maluti) is the eastern portion of the Great Escarpment, which encloses the central Southern African plateau. The Great Escarpment reaches its greatest elevation – within t ...
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Byrranga Mountains The Byrranga Mountains (russian: го́ры Бырра́нга; ''Gory Byrranga'') are a mountain range in the middle of the Taymyr Peninsula, Siberia, Russia. Even though they were first explored in 1736, the Byrranga Mountains are one of the lea ...
– # Cascade Range – #
Annamite Range The Annamite Range or the Annamese Mountains (french: Chaîne annamitique; lo, ພູ ຫລວງ ''Phou Luang''; vi, Dãy (núi) Trường Sơn) is a major mountain range of eastern Indochina, extending approximately through Laos, Viet ...
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Brooks Range The Brooks Range ( Gwich'in: ''Gwazhał'') is a mountain range in far northern North America stretching some from west to east across northern Alaska into Canada's Yukon Territory. Reaching a peak elevation of on Mount Isto, the range is belie ...
– (section of the
North American Cordillera The North American Cordillera, sometimes also called the Western Cordillera of North America, the Western Cordillera or the Pacific Cordillera, is the North American portion of the American Cordillera, the mountain chain system (cordillera) alon ...
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Verkhoyansk Range The Verkhoyansk Range (russian: Верхоянский хребет, ''Verkhojanskiy Khrebet''; sah, Үөһээ Дьааҥы сис хайата, ''Üöhee Chaangy sis khaĭata'') is a mountain range in the Sakha Republic, Russia near the settle ...
– (section of the
East Siberian Mountains The East Siberian Mountains or East Siberian Highlands ( rus, Восточно-Сибирское нагорье) are one of the largest mountain systems of the Russian Federation. They are located between the Central Yakutian Lowland and the Ber ...
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Cordillera Central (Colombia) The Cordillera Central ( en, Central Ranges) is the highest of the three branches of the Colombian Andes. The range extends from south to north dividing from the Colombian Massif in Cauca Department to the Serranía de San Lucas in Bolivar Depar ...
– (section of the Northern
Andes The Andes, Andes Mountains or Andean Mountains (; ) are the longest continental mountain range in the world, forming a continuous highland along the western edge of South America. The range is long, wide (widest between 18°S – 20°S ...
, American Cordillera) #
Lena Plateau The Lena Plateau, also known as Prilensky Plateau ( rus, Приленское плато, ''Prilenskoye Plato''; sah, Өлүөнэтээҕи хаптал хайалаах сир), is one of the great plateaus of Siberia. Administratively it is m ...
– (section of the East
Siberia Siberia ( ; rus, Сибирь, r=Sibir', p=sʲɪˈbʲirʲ, a=Ru-Сибирь.ogg) is an extensive geographical region, constituting all of North Asia, from the Ural Mountains in the west to the Pacific Ocean in the east. It has been a part ...
n System of mountains) #
Pontic Mountains The Pontic Mountains or Pontic Alps (Turkish language, Turkish: ''Kuzey Anadolu Dağları'', meaning North Anatolian Mountains) form a mountain range in northern Anatolia, Turkey. They are also known as the ''Parhar Mountains'' in the local Turki ...
– (section of the Alpine-Himalayan orogenic belt) #Eastern
Sayan Mountains The Sayan Mountains (russian: Саяны ''Sajany''; mn, Соёны нуруу, ''Soyonï nurû''; otk, 𐰚𐰇𐰏𐰢𐰤, Kögmen) are a mountain range in southern Siberia, Russia ( Buryatia, Irkutsk Oblast, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Tuva Republic ...
– # Sierra Madre del Sur – (section of the
North American Cordillera The North American Cordillera, sometimes also called the Western Cordillera of North America, the Western Cordillera or the Pacific Cordillera, is the North American portion of the American Cordillera, the mountain chain system (cordillera) alon ...
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Arakan Arakan ( or ) is a historic coastal region in Southeast Asia. Its borders faced the Bay of Bengal to its west, the Indian subcontinent to its north and Burma proper to its east. The Arakan Mountains isolated the region and made it accessi ...
/Rakhine Mountains – # Hengduan Mountains – as a system of mountain ranges #
Ogo Mountains The Ogo Mountains, also known as the Galgodon Highlands, (, ) are a mountain range in Somaliland. They cross the Sanaag and Togdheer regions. With a mean peak height of , the ecology of this landform is semi-desert. Ecology Due to the Ogo ...
– 900 km (560 mi) #
Koryak Mountains The Koryak Mountains or Koryak Highlands () are an area of mountain ranges in Far-Eastern Siberia, Russia, located in Chukotka Autonomous Okrug and in Kamchatka Krai, with a small part in Magadan Oblast. The highest point in the system is the ...
– (Siberia) #
Cape Fold Belt The Cape Fold Belt is a fold and thrust belt of late Paleozoic age, which affected the sequence of sedimentary rock layers of the Cape Supergroup in the southwestern corner of South Africa. It was originally continuous with the Ventana Moun ...
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Hindu Kush The Hindu Kush is an mountain range in Central and South Asia to the west of the Himalayas. It stretches from central and western Afghanistan, Quote: "The Hindu Kush mountains run along the Afghan border with the North-West Frontier Province ...
– (section of the
Hindu Kush The Hindu Kush is an mountain range in Central and South Asia to the west of the Himalayas. It stretches from central and western Afghanistan, Quote: "The Hindu Kush mountains run along the Afghan border with the North-West Frontier Province ...
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Greater Himalayas The Great Himalayas or Greater Himalayas or Himadri is the highest mountain range of the Himalayan Range.Hussain, MajidGeography of India/ref> The world's highest peak, Mount Everest, as well as other "near−highest" peaks, such as Kangchenjunga, ...
region) #
Precordillera Precordillera is a Spanish geographical term for hills and mountains lying before a greater range, foothills. The term is derived from ''cordillera'' (mountain range)—literally "pre-mountain range"—and applied usually to the Andes. Some places ...
– ( considered section of the Southern
Andes The Andes, Andes Mountains or Andean Mountains (; ) are the longest continental mountain range in the world, forming a continuous highland along the western edge of South America. The range is long, wide (widest between 18°S – 20°S ...
, American Cordillera) #
Dzhugdzhur Mountains The Dzhugdzhur Mountains (russian: Джугджу́р) or Jugjur Mountains, meaning 'big bulge' in Evenki, are a mountain range along the western shores of the Sea of Okhotsk in the far east of Siberia. The mountains are quite deserted, the ...
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Stanovoy Highlands The Stanovoy Highlands ( rus, Станово́е наго́рье) or Stanovoy Uplands is a mountain range in the Transbaikal region of Siberia, Russia. Geography The Stanovoy Highlands are a mountainous area between the Patom Highlands to the ...
– (section of the East
Siberia Siberia ( ; rus, Сибирь, r=Sibir', p=sʲɪˈbʲirʲ, a=Ru-Сибирь.ogg) is an extensive geographical region, constituting all of North Asia, from the Ural Mountains in the west to the Pacific Ocean in the east. It has been a part ...
n System of mountains) #
Aravalli Range The Aravalli Range (also spelled ''Aravali'') is a mountain range in Northern- Western India, running approximately in a south-west direction, starting near Delhi, passing through southern Haryana, Rajasthan, and ending in Ahmedabad Gujarat. ...
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Alaska Range The Alaska Range is a relatively narrow, 600-mile-long (950 km) mountain range in the southcentral region of the U.S. state of Alaska, from Lake Clark at its southwest endSources differ as to the exact delineation of the Alaska Range. ThBoar ...
– (section of the
North American Cordillera The North American Cordillera, sometimes also called the Western Cordillera of North America, the Western Cordillera or the Pacific Cordillera, is the North American portion of the American Cordillera, the mountain chain system (cordillera) alon ...
) # Kopet Mountains – (section of the Alpine-Himalayan orogenic belt) #
Sette-Daban The Sette-Daban (russian: Сетте-Дабан, sah, Сэттэ Дабаан) is a range of mountains in far North-eastern Russia. Administratively the range belongs partly to the Sakha Republic and partly to the Khabarovsk Krai of the Russia ...
– (section of the East Siberian System of mountains) #
Dinaric Mountains The Dinaric Alps (), also Dinarides, are a mountain range in Southern and Southcentral Europe, separating the continental Balkan Peninsula from the Adriatic Sea. They stretch from Italy in the northwest through Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia and He ...
– (section of the Alpine-Himalayan orogenic belt) # Sierra Nevada (U.S.) – (section of the
North American Cordillera The North American Cordillera, sometimes also called the Western Cordillera of North America, the Western Cordillera or the Pacific Cordillera, is the North American portion of the American Cordillera, the mountain chain system (cordillera) alon ...
) #
California Coast Ranges The Coast Ranges of California span from Del Norte or Humboldt County, California, south to Santa Barbara County. The other three coastal California mountain ranges are the Transverse Ranges, Peninsular Ranges and the Klamath Mountains. P ...
– (section of the
North American Cordillera The North American Cordillera, sometimes also called the Western Cordillera of North America, the Western Cordillera or the Pacific Cordillera, is the North American portion of the American Cordillera, the mountain chain system (cordillera) alon ...
) # Balkan Mountains – (section of the Alpine-Himalayan orogenic belt) # Karakoram – (section of the
Hindu Kush The Hindu Kush is an mountain range in Central and South Asia to the west of the Himalayas. It stretches from central and western Afghanistan, Quote: "The Hindu Kush mountains run along the Afghan border with the North-West Frontier Province ...
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Greater Himalayas The Great Himalayas or Greater Himalayas or Himadri is the highest mountain range of the Himalayan Range.Hussain, MajidGeography of India/ref> The world's highest peak, Mount Everest, as well as other "near−highest" peaks, such as Kangchenjunga, ...
region) # Southern Alps / Kā Tiritiri o te Moana – #
Yudoma-Maya Highlands The Yudoma-Maya Highlands ( rus, Юдомо-Майское нагорье, r=Yudomo-Maiskoye Nagorye; sah, Юдома-Маайа хаптал хайалаах сиринэн ) are a mountainous area in the Sakha Republic and Khabarovsk Krai, Far ...
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By continental area


Africa

* Aberdare ranges, Kenya *
Ahaggar Mountains The Hoggar Mountains ( ar, جبال هقار, Berber: ''idurar n Ahaggar'') are a highland region in the central Sahara in southern Algeria, along the Tropic of Cancer. The mountains cover an area of approximately 550,000 km. Geography Thi ...
* Ahmar Mountains *
Amaro Mountains The Amaro Mountains are a mountain range in south western Ethiopia. Extending 60 kilometers along a north–south axis east of Lake Chamo, these mountains are located in the Nechisar National Park, which lies in the Amaro special woreda. These el ...
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Atlantika Mountains The Atlantika Mountains, also known as the Alantika Mountains, are an extension of the Cameroon line of volcanic mountains, spanning the border between Nigeria and Cameroon. They lie to the southeast of Yola, the capital of Adamawa State in Nige ...
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Cameroon Cameroon (; french: Cameroun, ff, Kamerun), officially the Republic of Cameroon (french: République du Cameroun, links=no), is a country in west-central Africa. It is bordered by Nigeria to the west and north; Chad to the northeast; the C ...
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Nigeria Nigeria ( ), , ig, Naìjíríyà, yo, Nàìjíríà, pcm, Naijá , ff, Naajeeriya, kcg, Naijeriya officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a country in West Africa. It is situated between the Sahel to the north and the Gulf o ...
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Atlas Mountains The Atlas Mountains are a mountain range in the Maghreb in North Africa. It separates the Sahara Desert from the Mediterranean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean; the name "Atlantic" is derived from the mountain range. It stretches around through ...
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Algeria ) , image_map = Algeria (centered orthographic projection).svg , map_caption = , image_map2 = , capital = Algiers , coordinates = , largest_city = capital , relig ...
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Morocco Morocco (),, ) officially the Kingdom of Morocco, is the westernmost country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It overlooks the Mediterranean Sea to the north and the Atlantic Ocean to the west, and has land borders with Algeria to ...
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Tunisia ) , image_map = Tunisia location (orthographic projection).svg , map_caption = Location of Tunisia in northern Africa , image_map2 = , capital = Tunis , largest_city = capital , ...
** Anti-Atlas, Morocco ** Aurès Mountains, Algeria, Tunisia **
High Atlas High Atlas, also called the Grand Atlas ( ar, الأطلس الكبير, Al-Aṭlas al-Kabīr; french: Haut Atlas; shi, ⴰⴷⵔⴰⵔ ⵏ ⴷⵔⵏ ''Adrar n Dern''), is a mountain range in central Morocco, North Africa, the highest part of t ...
, Morocco **
Middle Atlas The Middle Atlas (Amazigh: ⴰⵟⵍⴰⵙ ⴰⵏⴰⵎⵎⴰⵙ, ''Atlas Anammas'', Arabic: الأطلس المتوسط, ''al-Aṭlas al-Mutawassiṭ'') is a mountain range in Morocco. It is part of the Atlas mountain range, a mountainous region ...
, Morocco **
Rif The Rif or Riff (, ), also called Rif Mountains, is a geographic region in northern Morocco. This mountainous and fertile area is bordered by Cape Spartel and Tangier to the west, by Berkane and the Moulouya River to the east, by the Mediterrane ...
, Morocco **
Saharan Atlas Saharan may refer to: * Someone or something from the Sahara desert * Sahrawi people (also spelled Saharawi), the indigenous people of Western Sahara * Saharan languages The Saharan languages are a small family of languages across parts of the ea ...
, Algeria **
Tell Atlas The Tell Atlas ( ar, الاطلس التلي, Latn, ar, al-ʾaṭlas al-tlī) is a mountain chain over in length, belonging to the Atlas mountain ranges in North Africa, stretching mainly across northern Algeria, with ends in both north-easter ...
, Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia * Bale Mountains, Ethiopia *
Bakossi Mountains The Bakossi Mountains are a mountain range that forms part of the Cameroon line of active and extinct volcanoes in western Cameroon, covering about . The mountains lie in the regions of Littoral and the Southwest. The highest peak in this range is ...
, Cameroon * Blue Mountains, Niger *
Bvumba Mountains The Bvumba Mountains or Vumba Mountains straddle the Zimbabwe-Mozambique border, and are situated some 10 km south east of Mutare. The Bvumba rise to Castle Beacon at 1,911 metres, and are, together with the Chimanimani Mountains to the south ...
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Mozambique Mozambique (), officially the Republic of Mozambique ( pt, Moçambique or , ; ny, Mozambiki; sw, Msumbiji; ts, Muzambhiki), is a country located in southeastern Africa bordered by the Indian Ocean to the east, Tanzania to the north, Malawi ...
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Zimbabwe Zimbabwe (), officially the Republic of Zimbabwe, is a landlocked country located in Southeast Africa, between the Zambezi and Limpopo Rivers, bordered by South Africa to the south, Botswana to the south-west, Zambia to the north, and Mozam ...
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Cal Madow Cal Madow (also Calmadow, Al Madow, Al Medu, or Al Mado; so, Buuraha Calmadow; ar, عَلَمْدُو, ʿAlamdū) is a mountain range in Somaliland. It stretches across an area between the east of Erigavo, Somaliland, to the Bari region of So ...
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Somalia Somalia, , Osmanya script: 𐒈𐒝𐒑𐒛𐒐𐒘𐒕𐒖; ar, الصومال, aṣ-Ṣūmāl officially the Federal Republic of SomaliaThe ''Federal Republic of Somalia'' is the country's name per Article 1 of thProvisional Constituti ...
* Cederberg, South Africa *
Drakensberg The Drakensberg (Afrikaans: Drakensberge, Zulu: uKhahlambha, Sotho: Maluti) is the eastern portion of the Great Escarpment, which encloses the central Southern African plateau. The Great Escarpment reaches its greatest elevation – within t ...
, Lesotho, South Africa *
Eastern Arc Mountains The Eastern Arc Mountains is a chain of mountains found in Kenya and Tanzania. The chain runs from northeast to southwest, with the Taita Hills being in Kenya and the other ranges being in Tanzania. They are delimited on the southwest by the fau ...
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Kenya ) , national_anthem = "Ee Mungu Nguvu Yetu"() , image_map = , map_caption = , image_map2 = , capital = Nairobi , coordinates = , largest_city = Nairobi , ...
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Tanzania Tanzania (; ), officially the United Republic of Tanzania ( sw, Jamhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania), is a country in East Africa within the African Great Lakes region. It borders Uganda to the north; Kenya to the northeast; Comoro Islands and ...
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Eastern Highlands :''"Eastern Highlands" also refers to Eastern Highlands Province in Papua New Guinea, and part of the Great Dividing Range, Australia.'' The Eastern Highlands, also known as the Manica Highlands, is a mountain range on the border of Zimbabw ...
, Mozambique, Zimbabwe *
Entoto Mountains The Entoto Mountains or Entoto Hills (Amharic: ) is a mountainous region in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. It lies immediately north of Addis Ababa, in the Ethiopian Highlands and central region of Ethiopia. A prominent peak at the top of the Entoto Moun ...
, Ethiopia *
Erta Ale Range Erta Ale Range is the most important axial volcanic chain of the Afar Depression, Afar Region, Ethiopia. It consists mostly of shield volcanoes. The active volcano Erta Ale is a prominent feature of the range. The highest volcano of the range is ...
, Ethiopia *
Golis Mountains The Golis Mountains are a mountain range in Somaliland. Also known as ''Qar Golis'', they cut through the Togdheer region, and end near the Gan Libah. Jerato Pass This range has a mountain pass known as the "Jerrato Pass". See also * Cal Ma ...
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Somalia Somalia, , Osmanya script: 𐒈𐒝𐒑𐒛𐒐𐒘𐒕𐒖; ar, الصومال, aṣ-Ṣūmāl officially the Federal Republic of SomaliaThe ''Federal Republic of Somalia'' is the country's name per Article 1 of thProvisional Constituti ...
*Khufleh Range, Somalia *
Kilimanjaro Mount Kilimanjaro () is a dormant volcano in Tanzania. It has three volcanic cones: Kibo, Mawenzi, and Shira. It is the highest mountain in Africa and the highest free-standing mountain above sea level in the world: above sea level and a ...
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Meru Meru may refer to: Geography Kenya * Meru, Kenya, a city in Meru County, Kenya ** Meru County, created by the merger of *** Meru Central District *** Meru North District *** Meru South District * Meru National Park, a Kenyan wildlife park T ...
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Kipengere Range The Kipengere Range, also known as the Livingstone Mountains, lies entirely in Njombe Region in southwest Tanzania at the northern end of Lake Nyasa. Near Lake Nyasa they are known as the Kinga Mountains. It is a plateau-like ridge of mountains r ...
, Tanzania *
Lebombo Mountains The Lebombo Mountains, also called Lubombo Mountains ( pt, Montes Libombos), are an , narrow range of mountains in Southern Africa. They stretch from Hluhluwe in KwaZulu-Natal in the south to Punda Maria in the Limpopo Province in South Africa in ...
, Mozambique *
Magaliesberg The Magaliesberg (historically also known as ''Macalisberg'' or ''Cashan Mountains'') of northern South Africa, is a modest but well-defined mountain range composed mainly of quartzites. It rises at a point south of the Pilanesberg (and the Pi ...
, South Africa * Mahale Mountains, Tanzania *
Mandara Mountains The Mandara Mountains are a volcanic range extending about 190 km (about 120 mi) along the northern part of the Cameroon–Nigeria border, from the Benue River in the south () to the north-west of Maroua in the north (). The highest e ...
, Cameroon,
Nigeria Nigeria ( ), , ig, Naìjíríyà, yo, Nàìjíríà, pcm, Naijá , ff, Naajeeriya, kcg, Naijeriya officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a country in West Africa. It is situated between the Sahel to the north and the Gulf o ...
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Moka Range The Moka Range is a mountain range in Mauritius. It contains two of Mauritius's three tallest peaks, Pieter Both and Le Pouce. It was formed from a basalt lava dome ten million years ago. The Moka Range forms a semicircle around the capital of Mau ...
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Mauritius Mauritius ( ; french: Maurice, link=no ; mfe, label=Mauritian Creole, Moris ), officially the Republic of Mauritius, is an island nation in the Indian Ocean about off the southeast coast of the African continent, east of Madagascar. It incl ...
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Ogo Mountains The Ogo Mountains, also known as the Galgodon Highlands, (, ) are a mountain range in Somaliland. They cross the Sanaag and Togdheer regions. With a mean peak height of , the ecology of this landform is semi-desert. Ecology Due to the Ogo ...
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Somalia Somalia, , Osmanya script: 𐒈𐒝𐒑𐒛𐒐𐒘𐒕𐒖; ar, الصومال, aṣ-Ṣūmāl officially the Federal Republic of SomaliaThe ''Federal Republic of Somalia'' is the country's name per Article 1 of thProvisional Constituti ...
* Outeniqua, South Africa *
Pare Mountains The Pare Mountains are a mountain range in northeastern Tanzania, located north of the Usambara Mountains. The mountains are administratively located in the Kilimanjaro Region, specifically in the Mwanga District and Same District. The North an ...
, Tanzania *
Piton des Neiges The Piton des Neiges (Snow Peak) is a massive 3,069 m (10,069 ft) shield volcano on Réunion, one of the French volcanic islands in the Mascarene Archipelago in the southwestern Indian Ocean. It is located about east of Madagascar ...
Piton de la Fournaise Piton de la Fournaise (; en, "Peak of the Furnace") is a shield volcano on the eastern side of Réunion island (a French overseas department and region) in the Indian Ocean. It is currently one of the most active volcanoes in the world, alo ...
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Réunion Réunion (; french: La Réunion, ; previously ''Île Bourbon''; rcf, label= Reunionese Creole, La Rényon) is an island in the Indian Ocean that is an overseas department and region of France. It is located approximately east of the island ...
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Rwenzori The Ruwenzori, also spelled Rwenzori and Rwenjura, are a range of mountains in eastern equatorial Africa, located on the border between Uganda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The highest peak of the Ruwenzori reaches , and the range ...
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Uganda }), is a landlocked country in East Africa East Africa, Eastern Africa, or East of Africa, is the eastern subregion of the African continent. In the United Nations Statistics Division scheme of geographic regions, 10-11-(16*) territor ...
* Semien, Ethiopia *
Swartberg The Swartberg mountains (''black mountain'' in Afrikaans) are a mountain range in the Western Cape province of South Africa. It is composed of two main mountain chains running roughly east–west along the northern edge of the semi-arid Little ...
, South Africa * Tadrat Acacus,
Libya Libya (; ar, ليبيا, Lībiyā), officially the State of Libya ( ar, دولة ليبيا, Dawlat Lībiyā), is a country in the Maghreb region in North Africa. It is bordered by the Mediterranean Sea to the north, Egypt to the east, Suda ...
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Tibesti Mountains The Tibesti Mountains are a mountain range in the central Sahara, primarily located in the extreme north of Chad, with a small portion located in southern Libya. The highest peak in the range, Emi Koussi, lies to the south at a height of and i ...
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Udzungwa Mountains The Udzungwa Mountains are a mountain range in south-central Tanzania. The mountains are mostly within Iringa Region, south of Tanzania's capital Dodoma. The Udzungwa Mountains are part of the Eastern Arc Mountains, and are home to a biodiverse ...
, Tanzania *
Uluguru Mountains The Uluguru mountains are a mountain range in eastern Tanzania, named after the Luguru tribe. The main portion of the Uluguru mountains is a ridge running roughly north-south and rising to altitude at its highest point. On the main Uluguru rang ...
, Tanzania *
Usambara Mountains The Usambara Mountains of northeastern Tanzania in tropical East Africa, comprise the easternmost ranges of the Eastern Arc Mountains. The ranges of approximately long and about half that wide, are situated in the Lushoto District of the Tan ...
, Tanzania


Asia

# Alagalla Mountain Range,
Sri Lanka Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්‍රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இலங்கை, Ilaṅkai, translit-std=ISO ()), formerly known as Ceylon and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an ...
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Alborz The Alborz ( fa, البرز) range, also spelled as Alburz, Elburz or Elborz, is a mountain range in northern Iran that stretches from the border of Azerbaijan along the western and entire southern coast of the Caspian Sea and finally runs nort ...
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Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a country located in Western Asia. It is bordered by Iraq and Turkey to the west, by Azerbaijan and Armenia to the northwest, by the Caspian Sea and Turkmeni ...
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Al Hajar Mountains The Hajar Mountains ( ar, جِبَال ٱلْحَجَر, Jibāl al-Ḥajar, ''The Rocky Mountains'' or ''The Stone Mountains'') in northeastern Oman and also the eastern United Arab Emirates are the highest mountain range in the eastern Arabia ...
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Oman Oman ( ; ar, عُمَان ' ), officially the Sultanate of Oman ( ar, سلْطنةُ عُمان ), is an Arabian country located in southwestern Asia. It is situated on the southeastern coast of the Arabian Peninsula, and spans the mouth of t ...
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United Arab Emirates The United Arab Emirates (UAE; ar, اَلْإِمَارَات الْعَرَبِيَة الْمُتَحِدَة ), or simply the Emirates ( ar, الِْإمَارَات ), is a country in Western Asia (The Middle East). It is located at th ...
# Altai Mountains, Russia, China,
Mongolia Mongolia; Mongolian script: , , ; lit. "Mongol Nation" or "State of Mongolia" () is a landlocked country in East Asia, bordered by Russia to the north and China to the south. It covers an area of , with a population of just 3.3 million, ...
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Kazakhstan Kazakhstan, officially the Republic of Kazakhstan, is a transcontinental country located mainly in Central Asia and partly in Eastern Europe. It borders Russia to the north and west, China to the east, Kyrgyzstan to the southeast, Uzbeki ...
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Annamite Range The Annamite Range or the Annamese Mountains (french: Chaîne annamitique; lo, ພູ ຫລວງ ''Phou Luang''; vi, Dãy (núi) Trường Sơn) is a major mountain range of eastern Indochina, extending approximately through Laos, Viet ...
, Laos,
Viet Nam Vietnam or Viet Nam ( vi, Việt Nam, ), officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam,., group="n" is a country in Southeast Asia, at the eastern edge of mainland Southeast Asia, with an area of and population of 96 million, making it ...
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Anti-Lebanon The Anti-Lebanon Mountains ( ar, جبال لبنان الشرقية, Jibāl Lubnān ash-Sharqiyyah, Eastern Mountains of Lebanon; Lebanese Arabic: , , "Eastern Mountains") are a southwest–northeast-trending mountain range that forms most of ...
, Lebanon, Syria, State of Palestine, Palestine #
Aravalli Range The Aravalli Range (also spelled ''Aravali'') is a mountain range in Northern- Western India, running approximately in a south-west direction, starting near Delhi, passing through southern Haryana, Rajasthan, and ending in Ahmedabad Gujarat. ...
, India #Asir Mountains, Saudi Arabia # Barisan Mountains, Indonesia #Caraballo Mountains, Philippines #Cardamom Mountains, Cambodia #Carmel Mountains, Israel #Caucasus (mountains), Caucasus, Russia, Georgia (country), Georgia, Azerbaijan, Armenia, Turkey #
Chersky Range The Chersky Range (, ) is a chain of mountains in northeastern Siberia between the Yana River and the Indigirka River. Administratively the area of the range belongs to the Sakha Republic, although a small section in the east is within Magada ...
, Russia #Chittagong Hill Tracts, Bangladesh #Cordillera Central, Luzon, Cordillera Central, Philippines #Crocker Range, Malaysia #Dieng Volcanic Complex, Indonesia #
Dzhugdzhur Mountains The Dzhugdzhur Mountains (russian: Джугджу́р) or Jugjur Mountains, meaning 'big bulge' in Evenki, are a mountain range along the western shores of the Sea of Okhotsk in the far east of Siberia. The mountains are quite deserted, the ...
, Russia #Eastern Ghats, India #Fansipan, Vietnam #Haraz Mountains, Yemen #Hijaz Mountains #Himalaya, Nepal, Bhutan, China, India, Pakistan ##Mahabharat Range or Lesser Himalaya ##Siwalik Range or ''Churia Hills'', ''Subhimalaya'' #
Hindu Kush The Hindu Kush is an mountain range in Central and South Asia to the west of the Himalayas. It stretches from central and western Afghanistan, Quote: "The Hindu Kush mountains run along the Afghan border with the North-West Frontier Province ...
, Afghanistan, Pakistan #Japanese Alps, Japan ##Akaishi Mountains ##Hida Mountains ##Kiso Mountains #Judaean Mountains, Palestine, Israel #Kabir Kuh, Iran, Iraq # Karakoram, Pakistan, China, India #Khingan Mountains, China, Russia ##Greater Khingan ##Lesser Khingan #Khibinsky Mountains, Russia #Kirthar Mountains, Pakistan #Knuckles Mountain Range,
Sri Lanka Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්‍රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இலங்கை, Ilaṅkai, translit-std=ISO ()), formerly known as Ceylon and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an ...
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Kolyma Mountains The Kolyma Mountains or Kolyma Upland ( rus, Колымское нагорье, r=Kolymskoye Nagorye) is a system of mountain ranges in northeastern Siberia, lying mostly within the Magadan Oblast, along the shores of the Sea of Okhotsk in the ...
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Koryak Mountains The Koryak Mountains or Koryak Highlands () are an area of mountain ranges in Far-Eastern Siberia, Russia, located in Chukotka Autonomous Okrug and in Kamchatka Krai, with a small part in Magadan Oblast. The highest point in the system is the ...
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Kunlun Mountains The Kunlun Mountains ( zh, s=昆仑山, t=崑崙山, p=Kūnlún Shān, ; ug, كۇئېنلۇن تاغ تىزمىسى / قۇرۇم تاغ تىزمىسى ) constitute one of the longest mountain chains in Asia, extending for more than . In the bro ...
, China (Tibet Autonomous Region, Tibet) #Kuray Mountains, Russia #Mount Lebanon Range, Lebanon #Müller Mountains, Central Borneo, Indonesia #Pamir Mountains, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, Afghanistan, China #Phnom Kulen, Cambodia #Phnom Voar, Cambodia #Safed Koh, Afghanistan, Pakistan #Salt Range, Pakistan #
Sayan Mountains The Sayan Mountains (russian: Саяны ''Sajany''; mn, Соёны нуруу, ''Soyonï nurû''; otk, 𐰚𐰇𐰏𐰢𐰤, Kögmen) are a mountain range in southern Siberia, Russia ( Buryatia, Irkutsk Oblast, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Tuva Republic ...
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Sivalik Hills The Sivalik Hills, also known as the Shivalik Hills and Churia Hills, are a mountain range of the outer Himalayas that stretches over about from the Indus River eastwards close to the Brahmaputra River, spanning the northern parts of the India ...
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Himalayas The Himalayas, or Himalaya (; ; ), is a mountain range in Asia, separating the plains of the Indian subcontinent from the Tibetan Plateau. The range has some of the planet's highest peaks, including the very highest, Mount Everest. Over 10 ...
, India #Sierra Madre (Philippines), Sierra Madre, Philippines #Sikhote Alin Mountains, Russia #Stanovoi Range, Russia #Sudirman Range, Indonesia #Sulaiman Mountains, Pakistan, Iran #Ta Kream Mountain Range, Cambodia #
Taurus Mountains The Taurus Mountains ( Turkish: ''Toros Dağları'' or ''Toroslar'') are a mountain complex in southern Turkey, separating the Mediterranean coastal region from the central Anatolian Plateau. The system extends along a curve from Lake Eğird ...
, Turkey #Toba Kakar Range, Afghanistan, Pakistan #Tian Shan, China,
Kazakhstan Kazakhstan, officially the Republic of Kazakhstan, is a transcontinental country located mainly in Central Asia and partly in Eastern Europe. It borders Russia to the north and west, China to the east, Kyrgyzstan to the southeast, Uzbeki ...
, Kyrgyzstan #Taiwan Mountains, Taiwan #Tengger Mountains, Indonesia #Titiwangsa Mountains, Malaysia #
Ural Mountains The Ural Mountains ( ; rus, Ура́льские го́ры, r=Uralskiye gory, p=ʊˈralʲskʲɪjə ˈɡorɨ; ba, Урал тауҙары) or simply the Urals, are a mountain range that runs approximately from north to south through western ...
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Verkhoyansk Range The Verkhoyansk Range (russian: Верхоянский хребет, ''Verkhojanskiy Khrebet''; sah, Үөһээ Дьааҥы сис хайата, ''Üöhee Chaangy sis khaĭata'') is a mountain range in the Sakha Republic, Russia near the settle ...
, Russia # Western Ghats, India #
Zagros Mountains The Zagros Mountains ( ar, جبال زاغروس, translit=Jibal Zaghrus; fa, کوه‌های زاگرس, Kuh hā-ye Zāgros; ku, چیاکانی زاگرۆس, translit=Çiyakani Zagros; Turkish: ''Zagros Dağları''; Luri: ''Kuh hā-ye Zāgr ...
, Iran, Iraq #Zambales Mountains, Philippines #Zamboanga Peninsula, Zamboanga Cordilleras, Philippines #


Europe

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Alps The Alps () ; german: Alpen ; it, Alpi ; rm, Alps ; sl, Alpe . are the highest and most extensive mountain range system that lies entirely in Europe, stretching approximately across seven Alpine countries (from west to east): France, Sw ...
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Eastern Alps Eastern Alps is the name given to the eastern half of the Alps, usually defined as the area east of a line from Lake Constance and the Alpine Rhine valley up to the Splügen Pass at the Alpine divide and down the Liro River to Lake Como in t ...
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Central Eastern Alps The Central Eastern Alps (german: Zentralalpen or Zentrale Ostalpen), also referred to as Austrian Central Alps (german: Österreichische Zentralalpen) or just Central Alps, comprise the main chain of the Eastern Alps in Austria and the adjacen ...
, Austria, Italy, Slovenia, Switzerland ####Bergamo Alps, Italy ####Hohe Tauern, Austria, Italy #####Ankogel Group #####Defereggen Mountains #####Grossglockner #####Goldberg Group #####Granatspitz Group #####Hafner Group #####Kreuzeck Group #####Rieserferner Group #####Schober Group #####Großvenediger, 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 ####Rätikon, Austria, Liechtenstein, Switzerland ####Stubai Alps, Austria, Italy ####Tux Alps, Austria ####Verwall Alps, Austria ####Zillertal Alps, Austria, Italy ###
Northern Limestone Alps The Northern Limestone Alps (german: Nördliche Kalkalpen), also called the Northern Calcareous Alps, are the ranges of the Eastern Alps north of the Central Eastern Alps located in Austria and the adjacent Bavarian lands of southeastern Germa ...
, 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 ###
Southern Limestone Alps The Southern Limestone Alps ( it, Alpi Sud-orientali, german: Südliche Kalkalpen), also called the Southern Calcareous Alps, are the ranges of the Eastern Alps south of the Central Eastern Alps mainly located in northern Italy and the adjacen ...
, 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 The Western Alps are the western part of the Alpine Range including the southeastern part of France (e.g. Savoie), the whole of Monaco, the northwestern part of Italy (i.e. Piedmont and the Aosta Valley) and the southwestern part of Switzerland ( ...
(France, Italy, and Switzerland) ###Bernese Alps, Switzerland ###Cottian Alps, France, Italy ###Glarus Alps, Switzerland ###Graian Alps, France, Italy, Switzerland ####Mont Blanc, Mont Blanc Group, France, Italy ####Roignais, Beaufortain Massif, France ####Vanoise Massif, Vanoise, France ####Gran Paradiso, France, Italy ###Lepontine Alps, Italy, Switzerland ###Ligurian Alps, France, Italy ###North-Eastern Swiss Alps, Switzerland ###Pennine Alps, Italy, Switzerland ###Dauphiné Alps, France ###Maritime Alps, France, Italy ###French Prealps, Prealps, France, Italy ####French Prealps, Provence Prealps, France #####Dentelles de Montmirail, France ####French Prealps, Savoy Prealps, France ###Dents du Midi, Savoie Alps, France Switzerland ###Urner Alps, Switzerland # Apennines, Italy, San Marino # Balkan Mountains range, mainly Geography of Bulgaria, Bulgaria, smaller part in Serbia ##Central Balkan Mountains ###Kaloferska Mountain, Botev Peak, Central Balkan National Park, Central Balkan Mountains, Bulgaria ###Zlatishko-Tetevenska Mountain, Bulgaria ##Western Balkan Mountains ###Chiprovtsi, Chiprovska Mountain ###Berkovitsa, Berkovska Mountain, Bulgaria ###Vrachanski Balkan Nature Park, Vrachanski Balkan, Bulgaria #Black Forest, Germany #Cantabrian Mountains, Spain ##Picos de Europa ##Basque Mountains #
Carpathian Mountains The Carpathian Mountains or Carpathians () are a range of mountains forming an arc across Central Europe. Roughly long, it is the third-longest European mountain range after the Urals at and the Scandinavian Mountains at . The range stretche ...
, Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Ukraine ##Western Carpathians ###Tatra Mountains, Poland, Slovakia ###Western Beskids and Central Beskids of the Outer Western Carpathians, Central Beskids ##Eastern Carpathians ###Bieszczady Mountains ####Otryt ###Lower Beskids ###Eastern Beskids of the Outer Eastern Carpathians, Eastern Beskids ###Moldavian-Muntenian Carpathians ##Southern Carpathians ###Făgăraș Mountains group ###Retezat-Godeanu Mountains group ###Poiana Ruscă Mountains ###Banat Mountains ##Apuseni Mountains ###Bihor Mountains #
Caucasus Mountains The Caucasus Mountains, : pronounced * hy, Կովկասյան լեռներ, : pronounced * az, Qafqaz dağları, pronounced * rus, Кавка́зские го́ры, Kavkázskiye góry, kɐfˈkasːkʲɪje ˈɡorɨ * tr, Kafkas Dağla ...
, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia (country), Georgia, Russia ##Bezengi Wall, Georgia #Dinaric Alps, Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Serbia, Slovenia ##Prokletije #Skanderbeg Mountains, Skanderbeg Range, Albania #Gennargentu, Italy #Harz, Germany #Ireland mountains ##MacGillycuddy's Reeks, Ireland ##Wicklow Mountains, Ireland ##Mourne Mountains, Northern Ireland ##Sperrin Mountains, Northern Ireland #Jura mountains, France, Switzerland #Karelides, Finland #Lake District, England #Măcin Mountains, Romania #Massif Central, France #Olympus Range ##Mount Olympus #Owl Mountains #Ore Mountains (Germany), Ore Mountains (Erzgebirge), Czech Republic, Germany #Pennines, England #Pindus Mountains, mainly Greece, smaller parts in Albania #Pyrenees, Andorra, France, Spain #Rila-Rhodope mountains, Rhodope mountain massif, mainly Bulgaria, North Macedonia, Greece ##Rila, Bulgaria ##Pirin, Bulgaria ##Slavyanka (mountain) ##Osogovo-Belasica, Belasitsa mountain range ###Osogovo ###Belasica, Belasitsa ###Vlahina ###Maleshevo Mountain, Malashevska mountain ###Plačkovica ###Ograzhden (mountain), Ogražden ##Rhodope Mountains, mainly Bulgaria, Greece ###Western Rhodopes ###Eastern Rhodopes #Rhön Mountains, Germany #Šar Mountains, Šar range, Albania, Kosovo, North Macedonia ##Šar Mountains ##Mount Korab ##Mount Bistra ##Stogovo ##Dešat ##Jablanica (mountain range), Jablanica ##Galičica #
Scandinavian Mountains The Scandinavian Mountains or the Scandes is a mountain range that runs through the Scandinavian Peninsula. The western sides of the mountains drop precipitously into the North Sea and Norwegian Sea, forming the fjords of Norway, whereas to th ...
, Finland, Norway, Sweden ##Setesdalsheiene ##Jotunheimen ##Rondane ##Dovrefjell ##Trollheimen ##Kjolen mountains ##Saltfjellet ##Svecofennides ##Lyngen Alps #Scottish Highlands ##Grampian mountains, Scotland ###Ben Nevis ##Cairngorms, Scotland ##Cuillin, The Cuillins, Isle of Skye #Sierra Morena, Spain #Sistema Bético, Spain #Sistema Central, Portugal, Spain ##Sierra de Guadarrama #Sistema Ibérico, Spain #Sredna Gora, Srednogorie mountain system, Bulgaria ##Vitosha, Bulgaria ##Sredna Gora, Bulgaria #Strandzha, Bulgaria, Turkey #Świętokrzyskie Mountains, Poland #Sudetes, Czech Republic, Germany, Poland ##Ślęża Masiff ##Lusatian Mountains ##Ještěd ridge ##Jizera Mountains ##Kaczawskie Mountains ##Krkonoše ##Rudawy Janowickie ##Krkonoše foothills ##Wałbrzyskie Mountains ##Stone Mountains ##Owl Mountains ##Bardzkie Mountains ##Stołowe Mountains ##Orlické hory, Orlicke Mountains ##Bystrzyckie Mountains ##Golden Mountains (Sudetes), Golden Mountains ##Śnieżnik Mountains ##Opawskie Mountains ##Hrubý Jeseník ##Low Jeseník #Šumava, Austria, Czech Republic, Germany #Swabian Alb, Germany #Serra de Tramuntana, Spain #
Ural Mountains The Ural Mountains ( ; rus, Ура́льские го́ры, r=Uralskiye gory, p=ʊˈralʲskʲɪjə ˈɡorɨ; ba, Урал тауҙары) or simply the Urals, are a mountain range that runs approximately from north to south through western ...
, Russia #Vogelsberg Mountains, Germany #Vosges mountains, France #Wales mountains ##Black Mountains, Wales, Black Mountains ##Brecon Beacons ##Snowdonia #West Vardar/Pelagonia mountain range, North Macedonia, Greece ##Baba Mountain (North Macedonia), Baba Mountain ##Jakupica ##Nidže ##Kožuf


North America


=Greenland

= #Alángup Qáqai #Alexandrine Range #Amitsorssûp Qulâ #Barth Range #Brages Range #Crown Prince Frederick Range #Daly Range #Didrik Pining Range #Ejnar Mikkelsen Range #Ellemands Range #Fynske Alps #Giesecke Range #Graah Mountains #Gronau Nunataks #Grønne Range #H. H. Benedict Range #Halle Range #Haug Range #Heywood Range #Hjelm Range #Kangerluluk Range #Knud Rasmussen Range #Lacroix Range #Lemon Range #Lilloise Range #Lindbergh Range #Mols Range #Murchison Range #Musk Ox Mountains #Norlund Alps #Pentamerus Range #Pictet Range #Prince of Wales Range #Princess Caroline Mathilde Alps #Princess Elizabeth Alps #Qârusuit Range #Qivssakatdlagfik #Queen Louise Land #Rold Range #Roosevelt Range #Schweizerland #Sioraq Range ''(Sioraq Fjelde)'' #Stauning Alps #Svinhufvud Range #Tågefjeldene #Watkins Range #Wiedemann Range


=Canada

= #Adam Range #Adamant Range #Alsek Ranges, British Columbia, Alaska, Yukon #Anvil Range, Yukon #Arctic Cordillera, northeastern Canada ##Geodetic Hills #Asulkan Range #Badshot Range #Baffin Mountains #Battle Range #Beaufort Range #Big Bend Ranges, British Columbia #Big Salmon Range, Yukon #Blackwelder Mountains #Blue Mountains (Nunavut), Blue Mountains #Bonanza Range #Bonnet Plume Range, Yukon #Bonnington Range #Britannia Range (Canada), Britannia Range #British Empire Range #British Mountains (Yukon), British Mountains, Yukon #Bruce Mountains #Byam Martin Mountains #Cadwallader Range #Camelsfoot Range #Cameron Range #Canadian Rockies #Cantilever Range #Cariboo Mountains # Cascade Range #Cayoosh Range #Challenger Mountains #Chilcotin Ranges #Clachnacudainn Range #Clendinning Range #Cloister Mountains #
Coast Mountains The Coast Mountains (french: La chaîne Côtière) are a major mountain range in the Pacific Coast Ranges of western North America, extending from southwestern Yukon through the Alaska Panhandle and virtually all of the Coast of British Columbi ...
, Alaska, Yukon, British Columbia #Columbia Mountains, Canada and U.S. #Conger Range #Coquitlam Range #Crease Range #Cunningham Mountains #Dawson Range (British Columbia), Dawson Range #Dickson Range #Douglas Ranges #Douro Range #Duncan Ranges #Elk River Mountains #Everett Mountains #Fannin Range #Franklin Range #Garfield Range #Garibaldi Ranges #Genevieve Range #Glenyon Range, Yukon #Goat Range #Gowlland Range #Grinnell Range #Grogan Morgan Range #Haddington Range #Haihte Range #Ha-Iltzuk Icefield #Halifax Range #Hankin Range #Hartz Mountains (Nunavut) #Hermit Range #Hess Mountains, Yukon #Homathko Icefield #Ilgachuz Range #Inglefield Mountains #Innuitian Mountains #Insular Mountains, British Columbia #Itcha Range #Jeffries Range #Joy Range #Karmutzen Range #Kaumajet Mountains, Labrador, Canada #Kettle River Range, Washington and British Columbia #Kiglapait Mountains, Labrador #Kitimat Ranges #Kluane Ranges, Yukon #Knorr Range, Yukon #Kokanee Range #Kootenay Ranges, British Columbia ##Vermilion Range ##Stanford Range ##Beaverfoot Range #Krag Mountains #Krieger Mountains #Lardeau Range #Lillooet Icecap #Lillooet Ranges #Long Range Mountains, Newfoundland #MacDonald Range, British Columbia #McKay Range #Monashee Mountains, British Columbia and Washington #Nadaleen Range, Yukon #Nelson Range #Newcastle Range #Niut Range #Norns Range #North Shore Mountains #Ogilvie Mountains #Osborn Range #Pelham Range #Pelly Mountains, Yukon #Pierce Range #Precipitous Mountains #Premier Range #Prince of Wales Mountains #Prince of Wales Range #Princess Margaret Range #Purity Range #Queen Charlotte Mountains, British Columbia #Quesnel Highland #Rainbow Range (Chilcotin Plateau), Rainbow Range #Refugium Range #Richardson Mountains, Yukon #
Rocky Mountains The Rocky Mountains, also known as the Rockies, are a major mountain range and the largest mountain system in North America. The Rocky Mountains stretch in straight-line distance from the northernmost part of western Canada, to New Mexico ...
, western United States and Canada #Rocky Mountain Foothills, British Columbia and Alberta #Ruby Range (Valhalla Ranges), Ruby Range #Saint Elias Mountains, southern Alaska, Yukon and British Columbia #San Christoval Range #Sawtooth Range (Nunavut) #Scoresby Hills #Selamiut Range #Selkirk Mountains, British Columbia, Idaho and Washington #Selwyn Mountains, Yukon #Seymour Range #Shulaps Range #Shuswap Highland #Sir Donald Range #Sir Sandford Range #Somerset Range #Sophia Range #Spearhead Range #Spectrum Range #St. Cyr Range, Yukon #Stokes Range #Sutton Range #Swiss Range #Tantalus Range #Thorndike Peaks #Tochquonyalla Range #Torngat Mountains, Labrador, Quebec #Treuter Mountains #United States Range #Valhalla Ranges #Valkyr Range #Vancouver Island Ranges, British Columbia #Victoria and Albert Mountains #Waddington Range #Wernecke Mountains, Yukon #Windy Range #Winston Churchill Range, Alberta


=United States

= #Adirondack Mountains, New York #
Alaska Range The Alaska Range is a relatively narrow, 600-mile-long (950 km) mountain range in the southcentral region of the U.S. state of Alaska, from Lake Clark at its southwest endSources differ as to the exact delineation of the Alaska Range. ThBoar ...
, Alaska #Aleutian Range, Alaska ##Chigmit Mountains, Alaska ##Neacola Mountains, Alaska #Amargosa Range, California #
Appalachian Mountains The Appalachian Mountains, often called the Appalachians, (french: Appalaches), are a system of mountains in eastern to northeastern North America. The Appalachians first formed roughly 480 million years ago during the Ordovician Period. The ...
, Eastern United States ##Allegheny Mountains ##Appalachian Plateau, Appalachian (Allegheny) Plateau ##Catskill Mountains, New York ##Blue Ridge Mountains ###Great Smoky Mountains ##Green Mountains, Vermont ##Talladega Mountains, Alabama ##White Mountains (New Hampshire), White Mountains, New Hampshire #Arbuckle Mountains, Oklahoma #Bears Paw Mountains, Montana #Beaver Lake Mountains, Utah #Big Snowy Mountains, Montana #Black Hills, South Dakota and Wyoming #Black Mountains, Utah #Blue Mountains (Pacific Northwest), Blue Mountains, Oregon and Washington #
Brooks Range The Brooks Range ( Gwich'in: ''Gwazhał'') is a mountain range in far northern North America stretching some from west to east across northern Alaska into Canada's Yukon Territory. Reaching a peak elevation of on Mount Isto, the range is belie ...
, northern Alaska ##Baird Mountains, Alaska ###Jade Mountains, Alaska ##Davidson Mountains, Alaska ##DeLong Mountains, De Long Mountains, Alaska ##Endicott Mountains, Alaska ##Franklin Mountains (Alaska), Franklin Mountains, Alaska ##Phillip Smith Mountains, Alaska ##Romanzof Mountains, Alaska ##Schwatka Mountains, Alaska ##Shubelik Mountains, Alaska ##Waring Mountains, Alaska #Bull Mountains, Montana #Capitan Mountains, New Mexico # Cascade Range, Western Canada and US #Castle Mountains (Montana), Castle Mountains, Montana #Cedar Mountains (Tooele County, Utah), Cedar Mountains, Utah #Chalk Buttes (Montana), Chalk Buttes, Montana #Chinati Mountains, Texas #Chisos Mountains, Texas #Chugach Mountains, Alaska ##Granite Range, Alaska ##Robinson Mountains, Alaska #
Coast Mountains The Coast Mountains (french: La chaîne Côtière) are a major mountain range in the Pacific Coast Ranges of western North America, extending from southwestern Yukon through the Alaska Panhandle and virtually all of the Coast of British Columbi ...
, Alaska, Yukon, British Columbia #Columbia Mountains, Canada and U.S. ##Monashee Mountains, British Columbia and Washington ###Kettle River Range, Washington and British Columbia ##Purcell Mountains, British Columbia and Montana ##Selkirk Mountains, British Columbia, Idaho and Washington #Coso Range, California #Cricket Mountains, Utah #Davis Mountains, Texas #Delamar Mountains, Nevada #Delaware Mountains, Texas #Desert Range, Nevada #Driftless Area, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Illinois, Iowa ##Ocooch Mountains, Wisconsin #East Desert Range, Nevada #East Humboldt Range, Nevada #Franklin Mountains (Texas), Franklin Mountains, Texas #Gila Mountains (Graham County), Gila Mountains, Arizona #Guadalupe Mountains, Texas #Highwood Mountains, Montana #Huron Mountains, Michigan #Judith Mountains, Montana #Klamath Mountains, California and Oregon ##Marble Mountains (Siskiyou County), Marble Mountains, California ##Northern Yolla-Bolly Mountains, California ##Salmon Mountains, California ##Scott Mountains (California), Scott Mountains, California ##Siskiyou Mountains, Oregon and California ##Trinity Alps, California ##Trinity Mountains, California #Lake Range, Nevada #Little Rocky Mountains, Little Rocky Range, Montana #Little Snowy Mountains, Montana #Little Wolf Mountains, Montana #Metacomet Ridge, Connecticut and Massachusetts ##Metacomet Ridge, Traprock Ridge, Connecticut #Mineral Mountains (Arizona), Mineral Mountains, Arizona #Mineral Mountains (Utah), Mineral Mountains, Utah #Nulato, Alaska, Nulato Hills, Alaska #North Moccasin Mountains, Montana #Olympic Mountains, Washington (state), Washington #Oquirrh Mountains, Utah #Oregon Coast Range, Oregon #Organ Mountains, New Mexico #Ortiz Mountains, New Mexico #Pahranagat Range, Nevada #Panamint Range, California #Pavant Range, Utah #Peninsular Ranges, California and México ##Laguna Mountains, California ##San Jacinto Mountains, California ##Santa Ana Mountains, California ###Elsinore Mountains ##Temescal Mountains, California #Pinaleno Mountains, Arizona #Porcupine Mountains, Western Upper Peninsula of Michigan #Pryor Mountains, Montana #
Rocky Mountains The Rocky Mountains, also known as the Rockies, are a major mountain range and the largest mountain system in North America. The Rocky Mountains stretch in straight-line distance from the northernmost part of western Canada, to New Mexico ...
, western United States and Canada ##Absaroka Range, Montana and Wyoming ##Beartooth Mountains, Montana and Wyoming ##Bighorn Mountains, Montana and Wyoming ##Bitterroot Range, Montana and Idaho ###Beaverhead Mountains, Montana and Idaho ###Bitterroot Mountains, Montana and Idaho ###Centennial Mountains, Montana and Idaho ###Coeur d'Alène Mountains, Montana and Idaho ###Saint Joe Mountains, Idaho ##Boise Mountains, Idaho ##Boulder Mountains (Idaho), Boulder Mountains, Idaho ##Boulder Mountains (Montana), Boulder Mountains, Montana ##Bridger Mountains (Wyoming), Bridger Mountains, Wyoming ##Bridger Mountains (Montana), Bridger Range, Montana ##Cabinet Mountains, Montana ##Clearwater Mountains, Idaho ##Crazy Mountains, Montana ##Elk Mountains (Colorado), Elk Mountains, Colorado ##Elkhorn Mountains, Montana ##Flathead Range, Montana ##Front Range, Colorado ##Gallatin Range, Montana ##Garnet Range, Montana ##Granite Mountains (Wyoming), Granite Mountains, Wyoming ##Green Mountains, Wyoming ##Gros Ventre Range, Wyoming ##Henry Mountains, Utah ##John Long Mountains, Montana ##La Sal Mountains, Utah ##Laramie Mountains, Wyoming ##Lemhi Range, Idaho ##Lewis Range, Montana ##Livingston Range, Montana ##Madison Range, Montana ##Medicine Bow Mountains, Colorado and Wyoming ###Snowy Range, Wyoming ##Mosquito Range, Colorado ##Owl Creek Mountains, Wyoming ##Pioneer Mountains (Idaho), Pioneer Mountains, Idaho ##Pioneer Mountains (Montana), Pioneer Mountains, Montana ##Red Mountains, Wyoming ##Salish Mountains, Montana ##Salmon River Mountains, Idaho ##Salt River Range, Wyoming ##San Juan Mountains, Colorado ##Sangre de Cristo Mountains, Colorado and New Mexico ##Sawatch Range, Colorado ##Sawtooth Range (Idaho), Sawtooth Range, Idaho ##Shoshone Range, Idaho ##Smoky Mountains (Idaho), Smoky Mountains, Idaho ##Soldier Mountains, Idaho ##Swan Range, Montana ##Tenmile Range, Colorado ##Teton Range, Wyoming ##Tobacco Root Mountains, Montana ##Uinta Mountains, Utah, Colorado, and Wyoming ##Wasatch Range, Utah ###Bear River Mountains, Utah and Idaho ##Washburn Range, Wyoming ##White Cloud Mountains, Idaho ##Whitefish Range, Montana and British Columbia ##Wind River Range, Wyoming ##Wyoming Range, Wyoming #Ruby Mountains, Nevada #Sacramento Mountains, New Mexico #Saint Elias Mountains, southern Alaska, Yukon and British Columbia ##Brabazon Range, Alaska ##Fairweather Range, Alaska #San Andres Mountains, New Mexico #San Francisco Mountains (Utah), San Francisco Mountains, Utah #San Francisco Peaks, Arizona #Sandia–Manzano Mountains, New Mexico ##Manzano Mountains, New Mexico ##Sandia Mountains, New Mexico #Sawtooth Mountains (Minnesota), Sawtooth Mountains, Minnesota #Schell Creek Range, Nevada #Selenite Range, Nevada #Seward Peninsula, Seward Peninsula ranges, Alaska ##Bendeleben Mountains, Alaska ##Darby Mountains, Alaska ##Kigluaik Mountains, Alaska ##York Mountains, Alaska #Sheep Range, Nevada #Shoshone Mountains, Nevada #Shoshone Range, Nevada #Sierra Nevada (U.S.), Sierra Nevada, California and Nevada #Snake Range, Nevada #South Moccasin Mountains, Montana #Spring Mountains, Nevada #Star Range, Utah #Superstition Mountains, Arizona #Sutter Buttes, California #Texas Hill Country, Texas #Toiyabe Range, Nevada #Transverse Ranges, California ##Chalk Hills, California ##Little San Bernardino Mountains, California ##Pine Mountain Ridge (California), Pine Mountain Ridge, California ##Puente Hills, California ##San Bernardino Mountains, California ##San Emigdio Mountains, California ##San Gabriel Mountains, California ##San Jose Hills, California ##San Rafael Hills, California ##San Rafael Mountains, California ##Santa Monica Mountains, California ##Santa Susana Mountains, California ##Santa Ynez Mountains, California ##Shandin Hills, California ##Sierra Pelona Ridge, California ##Simi Hills, California ##Tehachapi Mountains, California ##Topatopa Mountains, California #Tushar Mountains, Utah #U.S. Interior Highlands, Arkansas, Missouri, Oklahoma ##Ouachita Mountains, Arkansas and Oklahoma ##Ozarks, Ozark Plateau, Missouri, Arkansas, and Oklahoma ###Boston Mountains, Arkansas ###St. Francois Mountains, Missouri #Uwharrie Mountains, North Carolina #Virginia Mountains, Nevada #West Humboldt Range, Nevada #West Mountains, Idaho #White Mountains (Alaska), White Mountains, Alaska #White Mountains (Arizona), White Mountains, Arizona #White Mountains (California), White Mountains, California #Wichita Mountains, Oklahoma #Wolf Mountains, Montana


=Mexico

= #Chiapas Highlands, Mexico #Peninsular Ranges, California and Mexico, México ##Sierra de Juarez, México ##Sierra de la Giganta, México ##Sierra de la Laguna, México ##Sierra de San Borja, México ##Rock Paintings of Sierra de San Francisco, Sierra de San Francisco, México ##Sierra San Pedro Martir, Baja California, México #Sierra Madre de Chiapas, México, Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador # Sierra Madre del Sur, México #
Sierra Madre Occidental The Sierra Madre Occidental is a major mountain range system of the North American Cordillera, that runs northwest–southeast through northwestern and western Mexico, and along the Gulf of California. The Sierra Madre is part of the American ...
, México ##Sierra Fría, Mexico ##Sierra los Huicholes, México ##Sierra de Morones, Mexico ##Sierra Tarahumara, México #Sierra Madre Oriental, México ##Sierra del Burro, México ##Sierra del Carmen, México #Sierra Norte de Puebla, México #Sierra de Tamaulipas, Mexico #Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt (Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt, Sierra Nevada), México #Tuxtla Mountains, México


= Central America

= #Cerros de Escazú, Costa Rica #Cordillera de Guanacaste, Costa Rica #Cordillera de Talamanca, Costa Rica and Panama, Panamá #Cordillera de Tilarán, Costa Rica #Cordillera Isabelia, Nicaragua, Honduras #Cordillera Los Maribios, Nicaragua #Cordillera Central (Costa Rica), Cordillera Central, Costa Rica #Maya Mountains, Belize #Sierra de Chinajá, Guatemala #Sierra de Chuacús, Guatemala #Sierra de los Cuchumatanes, Guatemala #Sierra del Merendón, Guatemala and Honduras #Sierra Madre de Chiapas, Mexico, México, Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador


= Caribbean

= #Blue Mountains (Jamaica), Blue Mountains, Jamaica #Central Range, Trinidad and Tobago, Central Range, Trinidad and Tobago #Chaîne de la Selle, Haiti #Cordillera Central, Dominican Republic, Cordillera Central, Dominican Republic #Cordillera Septentrional, Dominican Republic #Cordillera Central (Puerto Rico), Cordillera Central, Puerto Rico #Dry Harbour Mountains, Jamaica #John Crow Mountains, Jamaica #Massif de la Hotte, Haiti #Massif du Nord, Haiti #Mocho Mountains, Jamaica #Montagnes Noires, Haiti #Northern Range, Trinidad and Tobago #Baoruco Mountain Range, Sierra de Baoruco, Dominican Republic #Sierra de Cayey, Puerto Rico #Sierra de Luquillo, Puerto Rico #Escambray Mountains, Sierra del Escambray, Cuba #Sierra Maestra, Cuba #Sierra del Rosario, Cuba


South America


=Andes

= The longest mountain range in the world (above sea level) is the
Andes The Andes, Andes Mountains or Andean Mountains (; ) are the longest continental mountain range in the world, forming a continuous highland along the western edge of South America. The range is long, wide (widest between 18°S – 20°S ...
, consisting of several subranges. *Cordillera de los Andes, in Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Venezuela: ** Cordillera Central, Colombia **Cordillera Occidental (Colombia), Cordillera Occidental, Colombia **Cordillera Oriental (Colombia), Cordillera Oriental, Colombia, Venezuela ***Serranía del Perijá, Colombia, Venezuela ***Serranía de los Churumbelos, Colombia **Cordillera Real (Ecuador), Cordillera Real, Ecuador ** Cordillera Occidental, Ecuador **Cordillera Occidental (Peru), Cordillera Occidental, Peru ***Cordillera Blanca, Peru ***Cordillera Huayhuash, Peru ***Cordillera Negra, Peru **Cordillera Central (Peru), Cordillera Central, Peru **Cordillera Oriental (Peru), Cordillera Oriental, Peru **Cordillera Central (Bolivia), Cordillera Central, Bolivia ***Cordillera Real (Bolivia), Cordillera Real ** Cordillera Oriental, Bolivia ***Serranía de Charagua ***Serranía del Aguaragüe **Cordillera Occidental (Bolivia), Cordillera Occidental, Bolivia, Chile **Cordillera de Lípez, Argentina, Bolivia **Chilean Coast Range, Cordillera de la Costa, Chile ***Sierra Vicuña Mackenna ***Cordillera de Talinay ***Nahuelbuta Range, Cordillera de Nahuelbuta ***Cordillera de Mahuidanchi ***Cordillera Pelada ***Cordillera del Sarao ***Cordillera del Piuchén ***Cordillera de Pirulil **Cordillera Domeyko, Chile **Cordón de Lila, Chile **Sierra de Almeida, Chile **Sierra de Famatina, Argentina **Frontal Cordillera, Argentina **Principal Cordillera, Argentina, Chile ***Cordillera de la Ramada, Argentina **Sierra de Velasco, Argentina **Cordillera de Talinay, Chile **Cordillera Negra (Chile), Chile **Cordillera del Paine, Chile **Sierra Baguales, Argentina, Chile **Cordillera Sarmiento, Chile **Cordillera Riesco, Chile **Cordillera Darwin, Chile **Martial Mountains, Argentina **Dientes de Navarino, Chile


=Extra-Andean mountain ranges

= Other ranges in South America include: *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 The Espinhaço Mountains (, ) are a mountain range in Brazil. The range runs roughly north and south through the states of Minas Gerais and Bahia, extending for approximately . It forms the divide between the upper watershed of the São Francis ...
, Brazil *Chapada dos Guimarães, Brazil *Chapada das Mangabeiras, Brazil *
Mantiqueira Mountains The Mantiqueira Mountains (Portuguese: ''Serra da Mantiqueira iterally: Mantiqueira Mountains Chain') are a mountain range in Southeastern Brazil, with parts in the states of São Paulo, Minas Gerais and Rio de Janeiro. It rises abruptly from the ...
, Brazil *
Serra do Mar The Serra do Mar (, Portuguese for ''Sea's Ridge'' or ''Sea Ridge'') is a 1,500 km long system of mountain ranges and escarpments in Southeastern Brazil. Geography The Serra do Mar runs parallel to the Atlantic Ocean coast from the state ...
, 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 *Ybytyruzú Mountains, Paraguay *Sierras de Córdoba, Argentina *Sierra de la Ventana (mountains), Sierra de La Ventana, Argentina *Cordón Baquedano, Chile


Oceania


=Australia

= *Arthur Range *Blue Mountains (New South Wales), Blue Mountains *
Great Dividing Range The Great Dividing Range, also known as the East Australian Cordillera or the Eastern Highlands, is a cordillera system in eastern Australia consisting of an expansive collection of mountain ranges, plateaus and rolling hills, that runs rough ...
*MacDonnell Ranges


=Indonesia

= *Jayawijaya Mountains, Western New Guinea *Arfak Mountains, Western New Guinea


=New Zealand

= *Arrowsmith Range *Ben Ohau Range *Blue Mountains (New Zealand), Blue Mountains *Bombay Hills *Butler Range (Canterbury) *Butler Range (West Coast) *Cameron Mountains *Catlins Range *Coromandel Range *Craigieburn Range *Crown Range *Dark Cloud Range *Darran Mountains *Dunstan Mountains *Earl Mountains *Franklin Mountains (New Zealand), Franklin Mountains *Glasgow Range *Hakarimata Range *Hapuakohe Range *Herangi Range *Huiarau Range *Humboldt Mountains (New Zealand), Humboldt Mountains *Hundalee Hills *Hunter Mountains *Hunua Ranges *Kā Mauka-Tokoweka *Kaikōura Ranges *Kaimai Range *Kaitake Range *Kakanui Range *Kākāpō Range *Kaweka Range *Kepler Mountains *Mount Cook Range *Lammerlaw Range *Lammermoor Range *Livingstone Mountains (New Zealand), Livingstone Mountains *Moehau Range *Murchison Mountains *Old Man Range / Kopuwai *Papahaua Range *Paparoa Range *Pisa Range *Port Hills *Pouakai Range *Rangitoto Range *Rock and Pillar Range *Spenser Mountains *Stuart Mountains *Raukūmara Range *Richmond Range *The Remarkables *Remutaka Range *Ruahine Range *The Silverpeaks *Southern Alps *Spenser Mountains *Hector Mountains *Tararua Range *Two Thumb Range *Waitākere Ranges *Wharepapa / Arthur Range *Wick Mountains


=Papua New Guinea

= *Owen Stanley Range


Antarctica

*Allardyce Range, South Georgia Island, South Georgia *Imeon Range, Smith Island (South Shetland Islands), Smith Island *Pensacola Mountains * *Salvesen Range, South Georgia Island, South Georgia *Tangra Mountains, Livingston Island * Transantarctic Mountains **Queen Maud Mountains ***Bush Mountains ***Commonwealth Range ***Dominion Range ***Gothic Mountains *
Green Range
***Herbert Range ***Prince Olav Mountains ***Hughes Range (Antarctica), Hughes Range ***Supporters Range **Theron Mountains *Heimefront Range, Queen Maud Land *Borg Massif, Queen Maud Land *Fimbulheimen, Queen Maud Land **Gburek Peaks **Sverdrup Mountains **Gjelsvik Mountains **Mühlig-Hofmann Mountains **Orvin Mountains ***Filchner Mountains ***Drygalski Mountains ***Kurze Mountains ***Gagarin Mountains ***Conrad Mountains **Wohlthat Mountains ***Humboldt Mountains (Antarctica), Humboldt Mountains ***Petermann Ranges (Antarctica), Petermann Ranges ***Gruber Mountains **Hoel Mountains ***Weyprecht Mountains ***Payer Mountains **Lomonosov Mountains *Sør Rondane Mountains, Queen Maud Land *Belgica Mountains, Queen Maud Land *Planet Heights *Queen Fabiola Mountains, Queen Maud Land *Aristotle Mountains, Graham Land **Pippin Peaks *Stribog Mountains, Brabant Island *Solvay Mountains, Brabant Island *Brugmann Mountains, Liège Island


Ocean

*Emperor Seamounts *
Mid-ocean ridge A mid-ocean ridge (MOR) is a seafloor mountain system formed by plate tectonics. It typically has a depth of about and rises about above the deepest portion of an ocean basin. This feature is where seafloor spreading takes place along a div ...
(the longest mountain range on Earth) **Gakkel Ridge **Mid-Atlantic ridge **Southwest Indian Ridge **Central Indian Ridge **Southeast Indian Ridge **Pacific-Antarctic Ridge **East Pacific Rise *Ninety East Ridge


Extraterrestrial mountain ranges


The Moon

By International Astronomical Union, IAU convention, Moon, 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


Iapetus

*Iapetus (moon)#Equatorial ridge, Equatorial ridge


Mercury

* Caloris Montes


Titan

* Mithrim Montes


Pluto

* Tenzing Montes


See also

*Mountain *Mountain range *List of highest mountains *Seven Summits *List of mountains on the Moon *List of tallest mountains in the Solar System *List of mountains on Mars by height *Frontal Cordillera *Principal Cordillera


References

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