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List of mountain ranges
This is a list of mountain ranges organized alphabetically by continent. Ranges on other astronomical bodies are listed afterward.
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Earth
Africa
- Aberdare Range , Kenya
- Ahaggar Mountains, Algeria
- Atlas mountains, Morocco and Algeria
- Cherangany Hills , Kenya
- Drakensberg, South Africa and Lesotho
- Ethiopian Mountains
- Ahmar Mountains
- Livingstone Mountains
- Mitumba Mountains , Congo
- Ruwenzori Range ("Mountains of the Moon "), Uganda
- Tibesti Mountains
- Virunga Mountains
Antarctica
- Queen Maud Range
Australasia
- Barisan Range, Sumatra
- Crocker Range , Borneo (Mount Kinabalu)
- Flinders Ranges , South Australia
- Great Dividing Range, Queensland and New South Wales
- MacDonnell Ranges , central Australia
- New Guinea Highlands , New Guinea
- Bismarck Range
- Star Mountains
- Thurnwald Range
- Pegunungan Maoke, New Guinea
- Owen Stanley Range , New Guinea
- Southern Alps, New Zealand
- Sudirman Range (Pegunungan Sudirman, formerly known as Nassau Range), Irian Jaya
- Western Australia Mountains
- Hammersley Range
Asia
- Altai Mountains
- Anadyr Range
- Anti-Lebanon
- Arabian Mountains
- Caucasus
- Cherskiy Mountains
- Chin Hills , Myanmar
- Dzhugdzhur Mountains
- Eastern Ghats, India
- Elburz Mountains
- Gydan Mountains
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Himalayas
- Great Himalaya
- Hindu Kush
- Karakoram
- Pamir
- Japanese Alps
- Khingan Mountains
- Greater Khingan
- Lesser Khingan
- Kunlun Shan
- Koryak Mountains
- Sayan Mountains
- Sierra Madre (Cordillera), Philippines
- Sikhote Alin Mountains
- Stanovoi Range
- Sulaiman Mountains
- Taurus Mountains
- Tian Shan, China, Kazakhstan, and Kyrgyzstan
- Ural Mountains
- Verkhoyansk Mountains
- Western Ghats, India
- Yablonoi Mountains
- Zagros Mountains
Europe
- Alpilles, France
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Alps (France, Italy, Switzerland, Austria and Slovenia)
- Bavarian Alps
- Cottian Alps
- Dolomites
- Hohe Tauern
- Julian Alps
- Jura mountains
- Maritime Alps
- Rhaetian Alps
- Apennines, Italy
- Balkan Mountains, Bulgaria
- Cantabrian Mountains
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Carpathian Mountains
- Tatra mountains
- Beskidy mountains
- Bieszczady mountains
- Transylvanian Alps
- Dentelles de Montmirail, France
- Dinaric Alps
- Harz, Germany
- Karelidit, Finland
- Ore Mountains (Erzgebirge), Germany and Czech Republic
- Pennines, England
- Pindus Mountains, Greece
- Pyrenees, France and Spain
- Rhodope Mountains, Bulgaria and Greece
- Rhön Mountains, Germany
- Scandinavian Mountains, Norway and Sweden
- Sierra Nevada, Spain
- Svecofennides , Finland
- Sudeten
- Šumava (Bavarian Forest, Bohemian forest ), Czech Republic and Germany
- Ural Mountains, Russia
- Vogelberg Mountains , Germany
- Vosges mountains, France
- Wicklow Mountains, Ireland
North America
- Alaska Range
- Aleutian Range, Alaska
-
Appalachian Mountains, eastern United States
- Adirondack Mountains, New York
- Allegheny Mountains, Pennsylvania, Maryland, and West Virginia
- Catskill Mountains, New York
- Blue Mountains (Maine)
- Blue Ridge, North Carolina and Virginia
- Great Smoky Mountains
- Green Mountains, Vermont
- Ramapo Mountains, New Jersey
- Ridge-and-valley Appalachians, Pennsylvania, Maryland, West Virginia, and Virginia
- Shawangunk Ridge, New York
- White Mountains, New Hampshire
-
Basin and Range Province (Nevada et al)
- Amargosa Range , California
- East Humboldt Range, Nevada
- Lake Range , Nevada
- Panamint Range, California
- Ruby Mountains , Nevada
- Schell Creek Range , Nevada
- Shoshone Range , Nevada
- Sheep Range , Nevada
- Snake Range , Nevada
- Spring Mountains, Nevada
- Toiyabe Range, Nevada
- West Humboldt Range, Nevada
- White Mountains (California)
- Black Hills, South Dakota
- Boston Mountains, Arkansas
- Brooks Range, northern Alaska
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Cascade Range/Cascade Mountains, California to British Columbia
- Okanogan Range , Washington
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Coast Ranges, Mexico to Alaska
- Chugach Mountains, southern Alaska
- Coast Mountains, British Columbia
- Diablo Range , California
- Saint Elias Mountains, southern Alaska, British Columbia
- San Gabriel Mountains, Los Angeles County, California to Riverside County, California
- Santa Monica Mountains, Los Angeles County, California
- Santa Susana Mountains, Los Angeles County, California
- Wrangell Mountains, southern Alaska
- Columbia Plateau, Oregon and Washington
- Guadalupe Mountains , New Mexico and Texas
- Olympic Mountains, Washington
- Ouachita Mountains, Oklahoma and Arkansas
- Laurentians, Quebec
- Long Range Mountains, Newfoundland
- Ozark Mountains, Arkansas,Missouri,Oklahoma and Kansas
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Rocky Mountains, western United States and Canada
- Absaroka Range, Montana and Wyoming
- Bear River Range , Utah and Wyoming
- Beaverhead Mountains , Montana and Idaho
- Bighorn Mountains, Wyoming
- Bitterroot Range, Montana and Idaho
- Boulder Mountains , Montana
- Bridger Mountains, Wyoming
- Bridger Range , Montana
- Cabinet Mountains , Montana
- Cariboo Mountains , British Columbia
- Castle Mountains , Montana
- Coeur D'Alene Mountains , Montana and Idaho
- Columbia Mountains , British Columbia
- Crazy Mountains , Montana
- Elkhorn Mountains , Montana
- Gallatin Range , Montana
- Garnet Range , Montana
- Granite Mountains, Wyoming
- Green Mountains , Wyoming
- Flathead Range , Montana
- Franklin Mountains,El Paso County, Texas
- Front Range of the Rockies, Colorado
- Kettle River Range , Washington
- Laramie Mountains, Wyoming
- Lemhi Range , Idaho
- Lewis Range , Montana
- Livingston Range , Montana
- John Long Mountains , Montana
- MacDonald Range , British Columbia
- Madison Range , Montana
- Manzana Mountains , New Mexico
- Monashee Mountains , British Columbia
- Organ Mountains , Doña Ana County, New Mexico
- Ortiz Mountains , New Mexico
- Owl Creek Mountains, Wyoming
- Pryor Mountains , Montana
- Percell Mountains , Montana
- Pioneer Mountains , Montana
- Purcell Mountains , British Columbia
- Salmon River Mountains , Idaho
- Sacramento Mountains , Otero County, New Mexico
- Salish Mountains , Montana
- Salmon River Mountains , Idaho
- Sandia Mountains, New Mexico
- Sangre de Christo Mountains, Colorado and New Mexico
- San Juan Mountains, Colorado
- Sawatch Range, Colorado
- Selkirk Mountains , British Columbia
- Shoshone Range , Idaho
- Sir Winston Churchill Range, Alberta
- Swan Range , Montana
- Teton Range, Wyoming
- Tobacco Root Mountains , Montana
- Uinta Mountains, Utah
- Wasatch Range, Utah
- Wind River Range, Wyoming
- Whitefish Range , Montana
- Wolf Mountains , Montana
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Sierra Madre, Mexico
- Sierra Madre Occidental
- Sierra Madre Oriental
- Sierra Nevada (US), California
- Superstition Mountains, Arizona
- Torngat Mountains, Newfoundland and Labrador and Quebec
- United States Range, Nunavut
- White Mountains (Arizona)
Central America
South America
- Andes
- Pakaraima Mountains , Venezuela, Guyana, Brazil
- Serra da Manitqueira , Brazil
- Serra do Mar , Brazil
The Moon
- Alps
- Apennine Mountains
- Carpathian Mountains
- Caucasus Mountains
- Cordillera Mountains
- Haemus Mountains
- Montes Pyrenaeus
- Riphaeus Mountains
- Inner Rook Mountains
- Outer Rook Mountains
Last updated: 10-24-2004 05:10:45