Longest Mountain Ranges in World by Shabuddin Syed

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Top 5 Mountain Ranges in
World

• By Shabuddin Syed

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1 The Andes
The worlds longest exposed mountain range is the
Andes. They extend as a continuous chain of
highland along the West Coast of South America.
The range is over 7,000 km (4,300 mi) long, 200
km (120 mi) to 700 km (430 mi) wide (widest
between 18 to 20S latitude), and of an average
height of about 4,000 m (13,000 ft).
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2 The Rocky Mountains
The Rocky Mountains, otherwise called the Rockies
are an important mountain range of North America.
They stretch more than 4,800 kilometers from the
northernmost part of British Columbia in Canada
to New Mexico in the United States. Mount Elbert
in Colorado at 14,440 feet above sea level is the
ranges highest peak.
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3 The Himalayan Range
The Himalayas or The Himalayan Range means the
abode of snow. It is a mountain range in Asia and
separates the Indian sub continent from the
Tibetan plateau. The Himalayas also comprise The
karakoram, the Hindu Kush and the smaller
mountain ranges that extend out from the Pamir
Knot.
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4 The Great Dividing Range
The Eastern Highlands or the Great Dividing Range
is Australias most important mountain range
which is the fourth longest in the world. It
stretches more than 3,500 km (2,175 mi) from
Dauan Island off the northeastern tip of
Queensland and runs through the entire Eastern
strip through New South Wales and Victoria before
merging with the central plain in Western
Victoria.
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5 The Trans Antarctic Mountains
On the Antarctic continent the three biggest
mountain ranges are the Transantarctic Mountains
(abbreviated TAM), the East Antarctic Ranges and
the West Antarctic Ranges. The Transantarctic
Mountains extends with some interruptions from
Cape Adare in Northern Victoria Land to Coats
Land.
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