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Mountains and Mountain Ranges Flashcards

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World’s highest mountain. Located on the border of Nepal and China

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Mount Everest

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World’s second highest mountain. Located in the Karakoram range in northern Pakistan.

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K2

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Japan’s highest mountain.

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Mount Fuji

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Highest mountain in the Alps

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Mount Blanc

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Turkey’s highest mountain, and believed to be the place where Noah’s Ark came to rest.

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Mount Ararat

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Highest mountain in Europe. Found in the Caucasus mountains in southern Russia.

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Mount Elbrus

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Active volcano in Antarctica, world’s southernmost active volcano.

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Mount Erebus

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Highest mountain in Antarctica

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Mount Vinson Massif

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Highest mountain in the Western Hemisphere. Located in the Andes mountains in western Argentina.

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Mount Aconcagua

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Africa’s highest mountain, a volcano in Tanzania

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Mount Kilimanjaro

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Mountain in the Alps on the border between Switzerland and Italy

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Matterhorn

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Flat-topped mountain forming a prominent landmark overlooking the city of Cape Town, South Africa

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Table Mountain

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13
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Australia’s highest mountain

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Mount Kosciusko

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A large sandstone rock formation in the Northern Territory in Australia.

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Uluru (Ayers Rock)

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New Zealand’s highest mountain

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Mount Cook

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Highest mountain in North America. Located in Alaska.

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Mount Denali (McKinley)

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Highest mountain in the contiguous US states. Located in the Sierra Nevada in California.

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Mount Whitney

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Highest mountain of the Cascade Range and the highest in Washington

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Mount Ranier

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Highest mountain in Canada and 2nd highest in North America

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Mount Logan

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Dormant volcano found in Hawai’i. World’s tallest mountain when measured from base to peak, most of it is underwater.

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Mauna Kea

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Tallest peak east of the Rockies. Found in North Carolina

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Mount Mitchell

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Active volcano in Washington state, most recently erupted in the 1980s.

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Mount Saint Helens

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Highest mountain in the Rockies. Located in Colorado

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Mount Elbert

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The largest known mountain in the solar system. Found on the planet Mars

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Olympus Mons

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World’s tallest mountain range. Found in Asia. Separates the Indian subcontinent from the Tibetan plateau.

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Himalayas

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Africa’s longest mountain range. Reaches across Morocco and Algeria in the westernmost part of the region

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Atlas Mountains

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Highest and longest mountain range in Europe. Found in France, Switzerland, Liechtenstein, Germany, Italy, Austria, and Slovenia

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Alps

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World’s longest continental mountain range, stretching along the west coast of South America

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Andes Mountains

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A mountain range that stretches from eastern Canada south to Alabama. North America’s oldest mountain range.

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Appalachian Mountains

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North-south range that separates Siberia from the rest of Russia. It is commonly considered the boundary between the continents of Asia and Europe.

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Ural Mountains

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A mountain range extending west of the Himalayas, located near the border of Afghanistan and Pakistan.

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Hindu Kush

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A mountain range that extends along the border between France and Spain.

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Pyrenees Mountains

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A mountain range in central and eastern Europe that extends from Slovakia and southern Poland to Romania

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Carpathian Mountains

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Australia’s most substantial mountain range and the third longest land-based range in the world

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Great Dividing Range

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A mountain range with several active volcanoes in northern California, Oregon, Washington, and southern British Columbia, Canada.

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Cascade Range

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Mountain range located in California and Nevada. Contains Lake Tahoe, Mount Whitney, and Yosemite Valley

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Sierra Nevada

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The chief mountain range in Mexico

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Sierra Madre

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A mountain system in southeastern Europe between the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea.

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Caucasus Mountains

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Contains the highest mountain in North America

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Alaska Range

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Mountain range on New Zealand’s South Island

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Southern Alps

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A name for a group of mountains located in the Appalachians that are characterized by a “blue” haze that surrounds their peaks.

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Blue Ridge Mountains

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Part of the Blue Ridge Mountains, located on the Tennessee/North Carolina border.

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Great Smoky Mountains

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Mountain range located in northern Alaska and Yukon

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Brooks Range

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Mountainous area in southern Missouri/northern Arkansas

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Ozark Mountains

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A low mountain range between the Arkansas and Red Rivers extending from central Arkansas to southeast Oklahoma. Mount Magazine is the highest point in the range and the highest point in Arkansas.

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Ouachita Mountains

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