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Physiographic world map with mountain ranges and highland areas in brown, pink, and gray. This is a list of mountain ranges on Earth and a few other astronomical bodies.First, the highest and longest mountain ranges on Earth are listed, followed by more comprehensive alphabetical lists organized by continent.
Black River Mountain Range, Mauritius Pieter Both (mountain) 820: 2,690 Mauritius Mount Carleton: 817: 2,680: Appalachian Mountains Canada (New Brunswick) The Cheviot: 815: 2,674: Cheviot Hills England (Northumberland) Le Pouce: 811: 2,661 Mauritius Mount Santubong: 810: 2,657 Malaysia (Sarawak) Pico de la Zarza: 807: 2,648
Chart showing the relationship between the 100 peaks with highest prominence in the world. (In the SVG version, hover over a peak to highlight its parent(s) and click it to view its article.) This is a list of mountain peaks ordered by their topographic prominence.
A mountain range or hill range is a series of mountains or hills arranged in a line and connected by high ground. A mountain system or mountain belt is a group of mountain ranges with similarity in form, structure, and alignment that have arisen from the same cause, usually an orogeny . [ 1 ]
The summit of a mountain or hill may be measured in three main ways: The topographic elevation of a summit measures the height of the tip of a mountain above a geodetic sea level . [ b ] [ c ] The first table below ranks the 100 highest major summits of the United States by elevation.
A popular and intuitive way to distinguish mountains from subsidiary peaks is by their height above the highest saddle connecting it to a higher summit, a measure called topographic prominence or re-ascent (the higher summit is called the "parent peak"). A common definition of a mountain is a summit with 300 m (980 ft) prominence.
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The summit of a mountain or hill may be measured in three principal ways: The topographic elevation of a summit measures the height of the summit above a geodetic sea level . [ 3 ] [ 4 ] The first table below ranks the 100 highest major summits of greater North America by elevation.