Introduction
Mountain Ranges or Hill Ranges are defined as a series of mountains or hills ranged in a line and connected by high ground. A mountain system or mountain belt is defined as a group of mountain ranges with similarity in form, structure and alignment that have arisen from the same causes. Mountain Ranges are formed by a variety of geological processes, but most significantly most of the Earths' Mountain Ranges are the result of plate tectonics.
Earth's Mountain Ranges can contain sub-ranges which is often expressed as a parent-child relationship. For example, the White Mountains of New Hampshire and the Blue Ridge Mountains are sub-ranges of the Appalachian Mountains. Earth Mountain Ranges are classified on the basis of height, prominence, length, & continental area. The Earth Mountain Ranges article lists some of the famous Mountain Ranges on the planet Earth.
Mountains
Earth Mountain Ranges - Classified on the basis of Height .
| Name | Location | Elevation | Peak |
|---|---|---|---|
| Himalayas | Asia | 8,848 | Mount Everest |
| Karakoram | Gilgit-Baltistan | 8,611 | K2 |
| Ladakh | |||
| Xinjiang and Badakhshan | |||
| Hindukush | South-Central Asia | 7,690 | Tirich Mir |
| Tian Shan | China | 7,439 | Jengish Chokusu |
| Andes | Peru | 6,961 | Aconcagua |
| Chile | |||
| Colombia | |||
| Venezuela | |||
| Argentina | |||
| Ecuador | |||
| Bolivia | |||
| Alaska | USA | 6,190 | Denali |
| Caucasus | Russia | 5,642 | Mount Elbrus |
| Azerbaijan | |||
| Georgia | |||
| Abkhazia | |||
| Alps | Italy | 4,810 | Mont Blanc |
| France | |||
| Germany | |||
| Austria | |||
| Switzerland | |||
| Slovenia | |||
| Kamchatka | Eastern Russia | 4,750 | Mount Klucheskaya Sopka |
| Zagros | Iran | 4,548 | Mount Zad Kuh |
| Transantarctic Mountains | Antarctica | 4,528 | Mount Vinson Massif |
| Altai Mountains | Central Asia | 4,506 | Mount Gora Velukha |
| Sierra Nevada | United States | 4,421 | Mount Whitney |
| Rockies | British Columbia | 4,401 | Mount Elbert |
| Alberta | |||
| Idaho | |||
| Montana | |||
| Wyoming | |||
| Utah | |||
| Colorado | |||
| New Mexico | |||
| Atlas | Morocco | 4,167 | Toubkal |
| Algeria | |||
| Tunisia | |||
| Sierra Madre Oriental | Mexico | 3,700 | Mount Orijava |
| Western Sierra Madre | Mexico | 3,311 | Nevado de Kolima |
| Pyrenees | France | 3,404 | Aneto |
| Spain | |||
| Apennines | Italy | 2,912 | Corno Grande |
| Western Ghats | Western India | 2,695 | Anamudi |
| Southern India | |||
| Carpathian | Romania | 2,655 | Gerlachovský štít |
| Ukraine | |||
| Poland | |||
| Hungary | |||
| Czech Republic | |||
| Slovakia | |||
| Serbia | |||
| Scandinavian | Western Norway | 2,469 | Galdhopijen |
| Great Dividing Range | Australia | 2,228 | Mount Kosciuszko |
| Appalachian | North America | 2,037 | Mount Mitchell |
| Ural | Russia | 1,895 | Mount Narodnaya |
| Eastern Ghats | Eastern India | 1,680 | Jindhagada Peak |
| Pennines | UK | 893 | Cross Fell |