Mountain Ranges – Flashcards
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Adirondack Mountains
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(North America: New York) Mountains of upstate New York; home of the Lake Placid Winter Olympics (1980); noteworthy because they were formed separately from the Appalachians
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Ahaggar
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(Africa: Algeria) A mountainous region in the Sahara comprised of dormant volcanoes
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Allegheny
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(North America: Pennsylvania-West Virginia) Mountain range part of the Appalachians; notable for many coal mines
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Alps
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(Europe: Central Europe) The highest and most extensive mountain range of Europe; includes all or portions of France, Monaco, Italy, Switzerland, Germany, Liechtenstein, Austria and Slovenia
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Andes
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(South America) The longest (4,300 mi) continental mountain range in the world; the northern Andes consist of three parallel ranges (codillera occidental, cordillera central, cordillera oriental)
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Apennines
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(Europe: Italy) Mountain range running the length of the Italian peninsula
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Appalachians
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(North America: U.S. & Canada) Mountains of eastern North America; oldest mountains in North America; extends from Alabama to Newfoundland; notable divisions include the Piedmond (NJ-AL), Allegheny (PA-WV) and Blue Ridge (VA-NC) mountains
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Atlas
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(Africa: Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia) Africa's only mountain range formed by colliding plate
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Balkans
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(Europe: Bulgaria and Serbia) East-West mountain range that forms the the bottom part of the "reverse S" of mountains in eastern Europe (along with the Carpathians)
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Basin and Range
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(North America: western North America) Region dominating Nevada and much of Arizona; characterized by many narrow faulted moutain chains and flat arid basins (valleys)
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Black Hills
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(North America: South Dakota-Wyoming) A small, isolated mountain range, primarily in western South Dakota; home to Mount Rushmore and the Crazy Horse monument
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Cantabrian
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(Europe: Spain) East-West mountain range in northern Spain along the coast bearing its name
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Carpathian
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(Europe: Czech Rep., Slovakia, Poland, Ukraine, Romania) A mountain range extending in an arc in eastern Europe; forms the top part of the "reverse S" of mountains in eastern Europe (along with the Balkans)
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Cascade Range
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(North America: U.S. & Canada) A mountain range extending from southern British Columbia through Washington and Oregon into northern California; includes Mt. Rainier, Mt. St. Helens, and Mt. Hood
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Caucasus
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(Eurasia: Russia, Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan) A mountain range extending between the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea; home to Mount Elbrus
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Dinaric Alps
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(Europe: from Croatia to Albania) Not a subrange of the Alps, although formed at the same time; located east of the Adriatic Sea
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Dolomites
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(Europe: Italy) A subrange of the Alps in northeastern Italy; a carbonate rock is named for these mountains
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Drakensburg
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(Africa: South Africa) A portion of the Great Escarpment; name means "Dragon Mountains"
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Eastern Ghats
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(Asia: India) Mountain range running parallel to the eastern coast of the Indian Peninsula along the eastern edge of the Deccan Plateau; the term ghat also refers to a series of steps leading to a Hindu holy river
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Ethiopian Highlands
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(Africa: Ethiopia) A rugged basalt plateau in the East African Rift zone that has been eroded over the past 30 million years.
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Front Range
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(North America: Colorado) A portion of the Rocky Mountains in central Colorado; most of Colorado's major cities lie along it; includes Pikes Peak, Longs Peak and Mount Evans (just west of Denver)
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Great Escarpment
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(Africa: southern Africa) The edge of a the Southern African Plateau; an escarpment is a steep slope or long cliff that results from faulting
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Greater Khingan
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(Asia: China) Mountain range in northeastern China dividing the Manchurian Plain from the Mongolian Plateau
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Himalaya
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(Asia, separating the Indian subcontinent from China) The highest mountain range in the world; one of the Greater Ranges of Asia
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Hindu Kush
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(Asia: Afghanistan, Pakistan, India) The dominant range of Afghanistan; the Khyber Pass, connecting Afghanistan and Pakistan is in the Spin Ghar subrange
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Julian Alps
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(Europe: Italy and Slovenia) A subrange of the Alps in northeastern Italy and Slovenia; named for Julius Caesar
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Jura
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(Europe: France and Switzerland) A subrange of the Alps separating the Rhine and Rhône rivers
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Karakoram
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(Asia: Pakistan, India & China) Contains the second highest peak in the world (K2)
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Kunlun
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(Asia: China) The range forms the southern boundary of China's massive Tarim Basin (home to the Taklimakan Desert)
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Massif Central
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(Europe: France) An elevated region in south-central France, comprised of mountains and plateaus
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Olympic
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(North America: Washington) Mountain range on the Olympic Peninsula in Washington that is part of the Pacific Coast Ranges
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Ouachita
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(North America: Arkansas-Oklahoma) A small mountain range in western Arkansas and eastern Oklahoma
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Ozark Plateau
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(North America: Missouri-Arkansas-Oklahoma) A plateau (not mountain range) primarily in southern Missouri and northern Arkansas; Notable locations include Branson, Missouri, Buffalo River, Current River
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Pacific Coast Ranges
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(North America: U.S. & Canada) Mountains stretching along the Pacific coast of North America; notable sub-ranges include the Coast Mountains (Canada), Olympic Mountains (U.S.), Cascade Range (U.S.), California Coast Ranges
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Pamirs
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(Asia: Tajikistan, China, Afghanistan, Pakistan, India) A mountain range formed by the junction of the Himalayas with the Tian Shan, Karakoram, Kunlun, and Hindu Kush ranges - referred to as the "(answer) Knot"
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Patagonia
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(South America: Argentina-Chile) A sparsely populated region in southern South America, east of the Andes
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Pennines
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(Europe: UK (England)) Mountains of northern England
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Rocky Mountains
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(North America: U.S. & Canada) Major mountain range running from northern British Columbia through eastern Idaho, western Montana, western Wyoming, western Colorado and northern New Mexico
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Scandinavian Mountains
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(Europe: Norway, Sweden) Mountains of the Scandinavian Peninsula; geologically part of the same system as the Appalachians; coastal areas are heavily fjorded
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Sierra Madre del Sur
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(North America: Mexico) Mountain range of southern Mexico
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Sierra Madre Occidental
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(North America: Mexico) Mountain range of western Mexico
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Sierra Madre Oriental
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(North America: Mexico) Mountain range of northeaster Mexico
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Sierra Nevada
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(North America: California-Nevada) Mountain range lying between California's Central Valley and the Basin and Range Province of the western U.S.
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Sudeten
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(Europe: Germany, Poland, Czech Republic) Noteworthy for being the area in Czechoslovakia with large German populations following World War I
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Taurus
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(Asia: Turkey) A series of mountain chains in southern Turkey along the Mediterranean
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Tell Atlas
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(Africa: Morocco, Algeria) A subrange of the Atlas mountains that runs parallel to the Mediterranean coast; home to the endangered Barbary Macaque
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Teton
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(North America: Wyoming) A sub-range of the Rocky Mountains located in western Wyoming south of Yellowstone National Park
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Tien Shan
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(Asia: Primarily China extending into Central Asia) The range forms the northern boundary of China's massive Tarim Basin (home to the Taklamakan Desert)
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Western Ghats
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(Asia: India) Mountain range running parallel to the western coast of the Indian Peninsula along the western edge of the Deccan Plateau; the term ghat also refers to a series of steps leading to a Hindu holy river
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Zagros
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(Asia: Iran) Mountain range in western Iran running along the border with Iraq and along the Persian Gulf to the Strait of Hormuz
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Caucasus
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If you watched the Sochi Winter Olympics, you saw stunning views of this 750-mile mountain range
