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PBHS Mountain Ranges
Question | Answer |
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Great Dividing Range (Eastern Highlands) | Australia |
Ethiopian Highlands | eastern Africa--Ethiopia, Eritrea, Northern Sudan |
Atlas Mountains | Northern Africa--Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia |
Tian Shan | Western China and Kyrgystan |
Transantarctic | Antarctica, oh yeah! |
Appalachian Mountains | eastern North America (stretches into Canada) |
Caucasus Mountains | between the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea; Turkey,Iran, Armenia,Azerbaijan,Georgia,Russia |
Highest peak in the Caucasus | Mount Elbrus |
Andes Mountains | entire western coast of South America; volcanic; due to subduction mostly of the Nazca Plate |
Pyrenees Mountains | border between Spain and France and Andorra |
Rocky Mountains | western range in N.America; New Mex.,Colorado,Utah,Montana,Wyoming,Idaho,British Columbia,Aberta |
Apennines Mountains | run the length of Italy and thru San Marino |
Ural Mountains | traditional boundary between Europe and Asia; Russia and Kazakhstan |
Himalaya Mountains | Nepal, India, China, Pakistan, Bhutan, Afghanistan, Myanmar (Burma) |
Brook's Range | northern Alaska and Yukon |
Hindu Kush Mountains | central Asia; boundary between Pakistan and Afghanistan |
Alps Mountains | boundary between Italy and Germany and Italy and France; runs through Switzerland and Austria |
tallest peak in the Alps | Alps Mountains |
Carpathian Mountains | Romania, Ukraine, Hungary,Czech Republic, Slovakia, Poland, Serbia |