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Physiographic world map with mountain ranges and highland areas in brown, pink, and gray. This is a list of mountain ranges on Earth and a few other astronomical bodies.First, the highest and longest mountain ranges on Earth are listed, followed by more comprehensive alphabetical lists organized by continent.
The first cartographic appearance of Apalchen is on Diego Gutiérrez's map of 1562; the first use for the mountain range is the map of Jacques le Moyne de Morgues in 1565. [ 12 ] Diego Gutiérrez's 1562 map of the Western Hemisphere showing the first known use of a variation of the place name Appalachia ("Apalchen") from his map, Americae sive ...
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 arisen from the same cause, usually an orogeny . [ 1 ]
All the major mountain ranges in the state of Colorado, United States, are considered subranges of the Southern Rocky Mountains. As given in the table, topographic elevation is the vertical distance above the reference geoid , a mathematical model of the Earth's sea level as an equipotential gravitational surface.
Electric Peak (Sangre de Cristo Range) Elk Mountain 11,424' (Rabbit Ears Range) Elk Mountain 8,727' (Elkhead Mountains) Ellingwood Point 14,048' Elliott Mountain 12,346' Emerald Peak 13,911' Emery Peak 13,321' Emma Burr Mountain 13,544' Engelmann Peak 13,368' Engineer Mountain 13,225' Engineer Mountain 12,968' Ervin Peak 13,538' Eureka Mountain ...
Mountain ranges that exist in multiple states are included directly in this category, as well as in the 'by state' category. If you are looking for a map, try looking it up in Google images. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Mountain ranges of the United States .
This is a list of some of the mountains in the U.S. state of Massachusetts, including those in the mountain range known as the Berkshires. Mount Greylock is the highest point in the state at 3,491 feet (1,064 m) in elevation.
The mountain ranges below are listed by name, county, coordinates, and average elevation as recorded by the U.S. Geological Survey. Sub-ranges are indented below the name of the primary range. Some of these ranges extend into Wyoming, Idaho, and Canada.