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Pontic Mountains – 1,000 km (620 mi) (section of the Alpine-Himalayan orogenic belt) Eastern Sayan Mountains – 1,000 km (620 mi) Sierra Madre del Sur – 1,000 km (620 mi) (section of the North American Cordillera) Arakan /Rakhine Mountains – 950 km (590 mi) Hengduan Mountains – 900 km (560 mi) as a system of mountain ranges.
The Appalachian Mountains, [ b ] often called the Appalachians, are a mountain range in eastern to northeastern North America. The term "Appalachian" refers to several different regions associated with the mountain range, and its surrounding terrain. The general definition used is one followed by the United States Geological Survey and the ...
There are at least 115 named mountain ranges in Idaho. Some of these ranges extend into the neighboring states of Montana, Nevada, Oregon, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming. Names, elevations and coordinates from the U.S. Geological Survey, Geographic Names Information System.
The Santa Fe Mountains at the southern end of the Rockies as seen from the Sandia Crest in New Mexico The summits of the Teton Range in Wyoming. The name of the mountains is a calque of an Algonquian name, specifically Cree ᐊᓯᐣᐘᑎ asin-wati (originally transcribed as-sin-wati), literally "rocky mountain".
Black Hills. The Black Hills is an isolated mountain range rising from the Great Plains of North America in western South Dakota and extending into Wyoming, United States. [3] Black Elk Peak, which rises to 7,242 feet (2,207 m), is the range's highest summit. [4] The name of the range in Lakota is Pahá Sápa. [5]
The Alps are a crescent shaped geographic feature of central Europe that ranges in an 800 km (500 mi) arc (curved line) from east to west and is 200 km (120 mi) in width. The mean height of the mountain peaks is 2.5 km (1.6 mi). [ 15 ]
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] Mountain ranges are formed by a variety of geological ...
Sub-ranges are indented below the name of the primary range. Some of these ranges extend into Wyoming , Idaho , and Canada . Absaroka Range ; Park County, Montana ; 43°57′40″N 109°20′21″W / 43.96111°N 109.33917°W / 43.96111; -109.33917 ( Absaroka Range ) ; 13,140 feet (4,010