World Mountain Ranges Flashcards
A mountain system of south-central Asia extending about 2,400 km which includes 9 of the 10 highest peaks in the world.
Himalayas
A mountain system in Kashmir that extends for about 480 km from northwest to southeast and contains the second highest peak in the world.
Karakoram
A major mountain range in western North America which stretches 3,000 km in a straight-line distance from Canada to New Mexico.
Rocky
A major mountain system of South America, extending for about 7250 km along the entire west coast. Its volcanic peaks are rich in minerals, including gold, silver, copper, iron ore, and nitrates.
Andes
A mountain system of south-central Europe, about 800 km long and 160 km wide which curves in an arc on the Mediterranean Sea through northern Italy and southeast France, Switzerland, southern Germany, and Austria and into the northwest part of the Balkan Peninsula.
Alps
A mountain range in eastern North America, extending from southern Quebec province to northern Alabama. Its highest peak is Mt. Mitchell standing at 6684 feet.
Appalachian
The Sierra Nevada mountains are a range of mountains that extends over 600 miles from Mexico to Butte County in the north, where the Cascade range begins.
Sierra Nevada
A mountain range in western Russia extending from the Arctic to the Caspian Sea; forms part of the traditional boundary between Europe and Asia.
Ural
A mountain range between France and Spain, extending from the Bay of Biscay to the Mediterranean. Its highest peak is Pico de Aneto.
Pyrenees
A mountain system at the intersection of Europe and Asia which stretches between the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea.
Caucasus
The second highest mountain in the world, at 8,611 metres which is part of the Karakoram range.
K2
A mountain in the central Himalayas on the border of Tibet and Nepal. It is the highest mountain peak in the world at 29,028 feet high.
Mount Everest
The third highest mountain in the world which lies between Nepal and Sikkim, India, with three of the five peaks directly on the border.
Kanchenjunga
The fourth highest mountain in the world at 8,516 metres that is a part of the everest massif.
Lhotse
Makalu is the fifth highest mountain in the world at 8,485 metres. It is located in the Mahalangur Himalayas 19 km southeast of Mount Everest.
Makalu
