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    The document summarizes several major mountain ranges around the world. It discusses the Himalayas as the highest mountain range located in Asia. It is the youngest mountain range formed around 80 million years ago. It also describes the Andes as the longest mountain range located in South America stretching over 4,500 miles. The Appalachians are described as the oldest mountain range in North America formed around 480 million years ago. The Alps located in Europe are mentioned as the largest mountain system formed from the collision of the African and Eurasian tectonic plates around 300 million years ago. Finally, it briefly outlines the Great Dividing Range in Australia as a mountain range that forms a watershed, rising approximately 300 million years ago

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    The document summarizes several major mountain ranges around the world. It discusses the Himalayas as the highest mountain range located in Asia. It is the youngest mountain range formed around 80 million years ago. It also describes the Andes as the longest mountain range located in South America stretching over 4,500 miles. The Appalachians are described as the oldest mountain range in North America formed around 480 million years ago. The Alps located in Europe are mentioned as the largest mountain system formed from the collision of the African and Eurasian tectonic plates around 300 million years ago. Finally, it briefly outlines the Great Dividing Range in Australia as a mountain range that forms a watershed, rising approximately 300 million years ago

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    The document summarizes several major mountain ranges around the world. It discusses the Himalayas as the highest mountain range located in Asia. It is the youngest mountain range formed around 80 million years ago. It also describes the Andes as the longest mountain range located in South America stretching over 4,500 miles. The Appalachians are described as the oldest mountain range in North America formed around 480 million years ago. The Alps located in Europe are mentioned as the largest mountain system formed from the collision of the African and Eurasian tectonic plates around 300 million years ago. Finally, it briefly outlines the Great Dividing Range in Australia as a mountain range that forms a watershed, rising approximately 300 million years ago

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    Mountain and Mountain

    Ranges
    Alps

    Rockies

    Himalayas

    Andes
    Mountain Range
    is a succession of many closely spaced
    mountains covering a particular portion
    of earth.
    It may consist of valleys and river
    channels formed by water rushing down
    from melting glaciers.
    Earth is a home for many
    mountain ranges. Here are
    some of the most famous
    ranges in the world.
    Himalayas
    Highest Mountain
    Range in the World
    Himalayan range
     Is the highest mountain system and also the youngest in
    the world.
     Its origin dates back to the Jurassic Era, which is about
    80 million years ago.
     The name “Himalaya” comes from the Sanskrit
    language and means the “House of Snow”, or the
    “Snowy Range”.
     With an elevation about 1,000 ft (305 m) above sea
    level
     Mt. Everest is the highest peak with 29,029 ft (8,848
    m)
    ANDES
    Longest Mountain
    Range in the World
    ANDES
     is the longest mountain chain in the world with the
    distance of 4,500 miles from South America to
    Panama.
     3 sections: Central Andes( Chilean and Peruvian
    Mountain), Southern Andes(Argentina to Chile),
    Northern Andes(Columbia, Ecuador and Venezuela)
     a Mesozoic-Tertiary orogenic belt of mountain
    along pacific ring of fire.
     Due to subduction of Nazca and Antartic plate.
     Aconcagua in Argentina is the highest peak with
    22,838 feet (6,961 m)
    THE
    APPALACHIANS
    Oldest mountain in
    North America
    The Appalachians
     formed during the Ordovician period,
    approximately 480 millions year ago.
     It stretch southwestward for about 1,500 miles
    from Quebec in Canada to central Alabama.
     Mount Mitchell in Northern Carolina is the
    highest peak of the applachians.
    THE ALPS
    Largest Mountain
    System in Europe
    The Alps
     were part of the orogenesis caused by the collision
    between the Eurasian and African plates that date
    back to the late Cretaceous period about 300
    million years ago.
     it extend from the southeastern France and
    northern Italy, Switzerland, Souther Germany and
    portion of Austria and Yugoslavia.
     Mont Blanc in France is the peak with 15,782 feet
    THE GREAT
    DIVIDING RANGE

    A Mountain Range
    That Forms a
    Watershed
    The Great Dividing Range
     the range rose during the Carboniferous period,
    approximately 300 million years ago, when
    Australia collided with parts of South America and
    New Zealand.
     Mount Kosciuszko is the highest peak with 7,310
    ft (2, 280 m)
     it stretch more than 3,500 k from Dauan island of
    Queensland, running through coastline of South
    whales, to Victoria.

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