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Mountain ranges according to their area

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Andes mountain range
Great dividing mountain range
Ural mountain range
Rocky mountains
Atlas mountain range
Himalayan range
Caucasus mountain range
Alps mountain range
Pamir mountain range

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Area of andes mountain range

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3.37 million sq km

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Area of Great Dividing range

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2.45 million sq km

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Area of Ural mountain range

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2.225 million sq km

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Rocky mountain range

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991,000 sq km

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Atlas mountain range

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775,000 sq km

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Himalayan mountain range

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595,000 sq km

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Caucasus mountain range

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477,000 sq km

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Alps

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298,000 sq km

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Pamir mountain range

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100,000 sq km

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Mountain ranges according to their length

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Andes
Southern Great Escarpment
Rocky mountains
Great Dividing range/ Transantarctic range
Himalayan range
Ural mountain range/Atlas mountain range
Caucasus mountain range, Alps

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Length of Andes mountain range

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8900 km

(highest mountain range outside of Asia)

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Length of Great Dividing mountain range (Eastern Highlands)

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3500 km

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Length of Ural mountain range

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2500 km

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Length of Rocky mountain range

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4800 km

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Length of Atlas mountain range

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2500 km

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Length of Himalayan mountain range

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2600 km

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Length of Caucasus mountain range

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1200 km

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Length of Alps mountain range

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1200 km

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Length of Southern Great Escarpment

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5000 km

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Length of Transantarctic mountain range

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3500 km

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Length of Appalachian mountain range

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2400 km

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Countries for Andes mountain range

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Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombo, Ecuador, Peru, Venezuela

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Countries for Great dividing mountain range

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Australia

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Countries for Ural mountain range
Southern Russia and a a part of Kazakhstan
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Countries for Rocky mountain range
USA and Canada
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Countries for Atlas mountain range
Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia
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Countries for Himalayan mountain range
Nepal, India, China, Pakistan, Bhutan
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Countries for Caucasus mountain range
Armenia, Azerbaijan, Russia, Georgia (between Black sea and caspian sea)
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Countries for Alps mountain range
Austria, France, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Monaco, Slovenia, Switzerland
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Countries for Pamir mountain range
Afghanistan, Tajikstan, China
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Countries for Sinai mountain range
Egypt
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Peak at the Andes mountain range
Mt Aconcagua (6961m) (tallest peak in South America) Also has Ojos del Salado (Highest volcano in the world- 6800 m)
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Peak at the Great Dividing mountain range
Mt. Kosciuszko (2228 m) tallest mountain in Australia
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Peak at the Ural mountain range
Mt Narodnaya (1894 m)
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Peak at the Rocky mountain range
Mt. Elbert (4401 m)
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Peak at the Atlas mountain range
Mt Toubkal (4167 m)
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Peak at the Himalayan mountain range
Mt Everest (8848 m)
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Peak at the Caucasus mountain range
Mt Elbruss (5642 m) Europe's tallest peak
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Peak at the Alps mountain range
Mont Blanc (4804 m)
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Peak at the Sinai mountain range
Mt Sinai (2285 m)
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Which is the highest mountain range in the world
Himalayas
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Which mountain range is referred to as the Third pole and why
Himalayan mountain range because it has the third largest deposit of snow after the two poles
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Another name for Great dividing range
Eastern Highlands, Great divide, Eastern Australian Cordillera
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Which mountain range has the longest mountain chain entirely within a country?
Great Dividing range
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What is Alps famous for
Matternhorn Peak
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Mountain where Moses received the 10 commandments
Mt Sinai
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Which mountain range separates the Sahara desert from the Mediterranean sea and the Atlantic Ocean
Atlas mountains
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Mount Toubkal is in
Morocco
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Japan's three holy mountains
Mt Tate Mt Fuji Mt Haku
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tallest peak in japan
Mt Fuji (3776 m) also an active strata volcano
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Where is Adam''s Peak
Sri Lanka
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Another name for Adam's peak
Sri Pada/ Mt. Malaya
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Why is Adam's Peak considered to be sacred
Footprint near the summit Christians/Islam: Adam's Hindu: Shiva or Hanuman's Buddhists: Buddha's
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Where is Mt Kailash
Tibet, China
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Height of Mt Kailash
6638 m
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Which mountain ranges converge at the Pamir Knot
Hindu-Kush Himalayas Karakoram Tian Shen Kunlun Jierter- Sulaiman
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Mt Kilimanjaro is a part of
Eastern Rift mountains
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Mt. McKinley is a part of
Alaskan range
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K2 is a part of
Karakoram mountain range

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