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Longest Mountain Chains Worldwide

The document lists the seven longest mountain chains on Earth, providing details on each range such as location, approximate length and width, highest elevation point, and countries they are located in. The longest is the Andes Mountains in South America at approximately 7,000 km long, followed by the Southern African Great Escarpment and North American Rocky Mountains, both over 4,000 km in length.

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Longest Mountain Chains Worldwide

The document lists the seven longest mountain chains on Earth, providing details on each range such as location, approximate length and width, highest elevation point, and countries they are located in. The longest is the Andes Mountains in South America at approximately 7,000 km long, followed by the Southern African Great Escarpment and North American Rocky Mountains, both over 4,000 km in length.

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List of longest mountain chains on Earth

Appro Appro Max.


Ra Coun Coordin Highest
Range Continent x. x. elevati
nk try ates point
length width on

Argentin

Bolivia

Chile
7,000 km
Colombi 32°S 500 km 6,962 m Mount Aco
1 Andes South America (4,300 mi
a 70°W (310 mi) (22,841 ft) ncagua
)
Ecuador

Peru

Venezue

la

Zimbab

we

South

Southern Gr Africa 5,000 km


29°S 300 km 3,482 m Thabana
2 eat Africa[4][5][6] Swazila (3,100 mi
29°E (200 mi) (11,424 ft) Ntlenyana
Escarpment nd )

Lesotho

Namibia

Angola

Canada 4,800 km
Rocky North 39°N 300 km 4,401 m Mount
3 United (3,000 mi
Mountains America[7][8][9] 106°W (200 mi) (14,439 ft) Elbert
States )

3,500 km
Transantarcti Antarctica[10] Antarcti 84°S 400 km 4,528 m Mount
4 (2,200 mi
c Mountains [11][12] ca 166°E (250 mi) (14,856 ft) Kirkpatrick
)

Great 3,500 km
Australia[13] Australi 36°S 300 km 2,228 m Mount
5 Dividing (2,200 mi
[14][15][16] a 148°E (190 mi) (7,310 ft) Kosciuszko
Range )
Appro Appro Max.
Ra Coun Coordin Highest
Range Continent x. x. elevati
nk try ates point
length width on

India

Pakistan

China

Bhutan 2,600 km
27°N 350 km 8,848 m Mount
6 Himalayas Asia[17][18][19] Nepal (1,600 mi
86°E (220 mi) (29,029 ft) Everest
Afghani )

stan

Myanma

Russia 2,500 km
Ural Asia and Europe 60°N 150 km 1,895 m Mount
7 Kazakhs (1,600 mi
Mountains [20] 60°E (93 mi) (6,217 ft) Narodnaya
tan )

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