mountain ranges
Earth's wrinkled spines
Mountain ranges are chains or series of connected mountains, formed by the same geological forces and extending across a region: the Rocky Mountain range, the Himalayas are the world's highest mountain range.
Ranges typically share a common structure and run in a general direction.
The term distinguishes organized systems of peaks from isolated mountains.
- ridgesNarrow elevated formations
- HimalayasAsia's highest range
- rangesContinuous extent series
- altitudeMeasured height above reference
- cordilleraLinked mountain ranges
massifs · continental divide · Rockies · summit · peak · Karakoram · tectonic plates · sierra · hiking trails · scenic overlooks · foothills · slopes · passes · endemic species · geomorphology · elevation · rocky terrain · rugged landscape
- geography topicsGIS, GPS, mapping, cartography, digital maps
- antique mapsworld map, atlas, cartographer, Mercator, mapmaker
- Southwest TerrainGrand Canyon, Monument Valley, mesas, buttes, canyons
- Antarctic Mapscoastal maps, relief maps, terrain maps, elevation maps, South Pole
- geographycontinents, continent, oceans, countries, country
- mountainspeaks, peak, summit, summits, Alps
mountain rangesocean trenches
Deepest seafloor depressions
plains · flatlands · valleys · lowlands · rift valleys
range, mountain, mountains, mountainous, alpine, mountaintop, mountaineer, mountaineering, mountain range