The Teton Range is a mountain range of the Rocky Mountains in North America. It is situated in the western United States, extending southward for 64 km (40 miles) across northwestern Wyoming, from the southern boundary of Yellowstone National Park to Teton Pass, just west of Jackson. Some foothills reach into southeastern Idaho. Grand Teton, … Read more
The Alaska Range is a mountain range in the southcentral region of the US state of Alaska. It is a relatively narrow, 650 kilometers (400 miles) long mountain range. The Alaska Range stretches from the Alaska-Canada border all the way to the Alaska Peninsula. The narrow mountain range is home to some of the world’s … Read more
The Cascade Range or Cascades is a major mountain range of western North America. It runs from Canada‘s British Columbia through the U.S. states of Washington and Oregon to Northern California. The range stretches 1,100 kilometers (700 miles) north-to-south, and is approximately 130 kilometers (80 miles) across east-to-west. Many peaks in the Cascade Range exceed … Read more
The Sierra Nevada is a major mountain range of the western United States. It runs along in Central and Eastern California, overlapping into neighboring Nevada in some areas. The range stretches 640 kilometers (400 miles) north-to-south, and is approximately 110 kilometers (70 miles) across east-to-west. The height of the mountains in the Sierra Nevada increases … Read more
The Andes are the longest mountain range in the world. Located along the entire western coast of South America, the Andes mountain range is about 7,000 kilometers (4,300 miles) long, about 200 to 700 kilometers (120 to 430 miles) wide. Along their length, the Andes are split into several ranges, which are separated by intermediate … Read more
The Rocky Mountains, commonly known as the Rockies, are a major mountain range in western North America. The Rocky Mountain Range actually represents a series of more than 100 separate mountain ranges, rather than one uninterrupted mountain chain. The Rocky Mountains stretch some 4,800 kilometers (3,000 miles) from British Columbia and Alberta in Canada through … Read more
The Alps are the highest and most extensive mountain range system that lies entirely in Europe, stretching approximately 1,200 kilometers (750 miles) across eight Alpine countries: Austria, France, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Monaco, Slovenia, and Switzerland. The Alps are the youngest and most densely populated mountain range in Europe. They were formed about 65 million years … Read more
The Himalayas or Himalaya is a mountain range in the South Asia. They cover approximately 2,400 kilometers (1,491 miles) and pass through the nations of India, Pakistan, Afghanistan, China (Tibet), Bhutan and Nepal. The Himalayan range is made up of three parallel ranges often referred to as the Greater Himalayas, the Lesser Himalayas, and the … Read more