List of mountain ranges

Physiographic world map with mountain ranges and highland areas in brown and gray colors

This is a list of mountain ranges organized alphabetically by continent. Ranges on other astronomical bodies are listed afterward.

Earth

By length

Andes - 7,000 km (4,300 mi)
Rocky Mountains - 4,830 km (3,000 mi)
Great Dividing Range - 3,500 km (2,200 mi)
Transantarctic Mountains - 3,500 km (2,200 mi)
Kunlun Mountains - 3,000 km (1,900 mi)
Ural Mountains - 2,500 km (1,600 mi)
Atlas Mountains - 2,500 km (1,553 mi)
Appalachian Mountains - 2,414 km (1,500 mi)
Himalaya - 2,400 km (1,491 mi)
Altai Mountains - 2,000 km (1,243 mi)
Carpathian Mountains - 1,700 km (1,100 mi)
Kjølen - ca 1,700 km (1,056 mi)
Barisan Mountains - ca 1,700 km (1,056 mi)
Coast Mountains - 1,600 km (990 mi)
Qin Mountains - 1,600 km (990 mi)
Western Ghats - 1,600 km (990 mi)
Serra do Mar - 1,500 km (932 mi)
Taurus Mountains - 1,500 km (930 mi)
Zagros Mountains-1,500 km (930 mi)
Sierra Madre Occidental - 1,500 km (930 mi)
Mantiqueira Mountains/Espinhaço Mountains - 1,320 km (820 mi)
Greater Caucasus - 1,200 km (750 mi)
Vindhya Range - 1,200 km (750 mi)
Alps - 1,200 km (750 mi)
Apennines - 1,200 km (750 mi)
Drakensberg - 1,125 km (699 mi)
Cascade Mountains - 1,100 km (684 mi)
Annamite Range - 1,100 km (680 mi)
Brooks Range - 1,100 km (680 mi)
U.S. Interior Highlands
Aravalli Range - 800 km (500 mi)
Southern Alps - 600 km (370 mi)

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By height

Asia has many of the highest mountain ranges in the world. These mountains form the boundary between the Indian subcontinent and rest of Asia, lying to the north of the subcontinent and the south of the rest of Asia.

Himalaya- Asia: India, China, Nepal, Pakistan, Bhutan; highest point- Everest; 8848 meters above sea level.
Karakoram (part of Greater Himalayas)- Asia: Pakistan, India, China; highest point- K2, 8611 meters above sea level.
Hindu Kush (part of Greater Himalayas)- Asia: Afghanistan, Pakistan, India]); highest point- Tirich Mir, 7708 meters above sea level.
Pamir (part of Greater Himalayas)- Asia: Tajikistan, China, Afghanistan, Pakistan, India (claim due to Kashmir dispute); highest point- Ismail Samani Peak, 7495 meters above sea level.
Tian Shan- Asia: China, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyztan, India, Pakistan; highest point- Jengish Chokusu, 7439 meters above sea level.
Kunlun- Asia: China; highest point- Kunlun Goddess, 7167 meters above sea level.

These mountains were formed millions of years ago in the collision between the Indian Plate and Eurasian Plate. The Indian Plate is still mobile and these mountain ranges continue to rise in elevation every year; of these the Himalayas are rising quickest. The Kashmir region, to the north of the Indian subcontinent is the point of confluence of almost all these mountains, viz. Himalayas, Karakoram, Hindu Kush, Pamir and Tian Shan. The Tibetan Plateau, divided between India and China is the region surrounded by all of these mountains, viz. Himalayas all along its south, Karakoram and Hindu Kush on the south-west, Pamir to the west, Tian Shan to the north-west and Kunlun to its north.