Major Mountains, Ranges and other features of the World, School of Dad

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The Aleutian Islands

A chain of 14 large volcanic islands and 55 smaller ones belonging to both the United States and Russia. They form part of the Aleutian Arc in the Northern Pacific Ocean off the Alaska Peninsula.

Kilimanjaro

A dormant volcanic mountain in Tanzania, continent of Africa. It is the highest mountain in Africa, The first recorded ascent to the summit of the mountain was by Hans Meyer and Ludwig Purtscheller in 1889.

Red Sea

An inlet of the Indian Ocean, lying between Africa and Asia.

Andes Mountains (Inca)

South America Continent

The Matterhorn

A mountain in the Alps, straddling the border between Switzerland and Italy. It is a huge pyramidal peak.

Isthmus of Panama

A narrow strip of land south of the Caribbean Sea that connects Mexico & Central America to South America

Iberian Peninsula

A peninsula of southwest Europe occupied by Spain and Portugal.

Atlas Mountains

Africa's longest mountain range

The Great Sandy Desert

Australian continent located in Northwest Australia.

Gulf of Mexico

Boarders Mexico on the East coast

Yangtze River

China, continent of Asia

Philippines Sea

East and northeast of the Philippines occupying the western part of the North Pacific.

The Alps

Europe's Largest Mountain system Europe, countries of Italy, Switzerland, Monaco, Liechtenstein, Germany, France, and Austria.

Brooks Range

From the top of which mountain range in the US could you see the Arctic Ocean?

The Great Basin Desert

Is the largest US desert on the North American continent, bordered by the Sierra Nevada Range on the west and the Rocky Mountains on the east, the Columbia Plateau to the north and the Mojave and Sonoran deserts to the south.

Sierra Madre Occidental

Mountain Range on the west coast of Mexico

Mt. Everest

Mountain on the border of Tibet and Nepal in the central Himalayas. At over 29,000 feet, it is the highest peak in the world and It was first scaled in 1953 by Edmund Hillary of New Zealand and Tenzing Norgay of Nepal.

Sierra Madre Oriental

Mountain range on the east coast of Mexico

Mississippi River

North America Continent

The Arctic Circle

One of the five major circles of latitude that mark maps of the Earth. It runs 66°33′45.8″ [1] NORTH of the Equator.

Mt. Aconcagua

Part of the Andes mountain range, this maintain is the second highest of the "Seven Summits", behind only Mount Everest in Asia. At 22,837 feet (6,961 meters), not only is it the highest mountain in South America, it is the tallest peak in all of the Americas as well as the Southern and Western Hemispheres.

Yucatan Peninsula

Peninsula Separates the Caribbean sea from the Gulf of Mexico

Pyrenees mountain Range

Protects the Iberian peninsula .

Coral Sea

Sea in the South Pacific, off the northeast coast of Australia

Amazon River

South America

K2

Tallest mountain in Pakistan @ 28,253 ft.

The Tropic of Capricorn

The circle of latitude that contains the subsolar point on the December (or southern) solstice. It is thus the southernmost latitude where the Sun can be directly overhead. Its northern equivalent is the Tropic of Cancer. Also called the Southern Tropic

Appalachians

The oldest mountains in the United States located in the Eastern United States

Cape Horn

The southern tip of South America

Sierra Madres Occidental

mountain range along the west coast of mexico.

Mt. McKinley

# L on this map, AKA Denali, is the highest mountain peak in North America, with a summit elevation of 20,310 feet. Denali is the third most prominent and third most isolated peak after Mount Everest and Aconcagua. Located in the Alaska Range.

Cascades

What is the tallest mountain range in Oregon and Washington?

The Rocky Mountains

What mountain range forms the continental divide in Western North America

Caribbean Sea

A branch of the Atlantic Ocean south of Cuba and a fairly sized amount of Central America

Sierra Nevadas

mountain range in eastern California. Highest peak - Mt. Whitney (14,495 ft)

Cascade-Sierra Nevadas mountain range

northwest United States

Nile River

Located in Africa

River Rhine

Located in Europe

Black Sea

Located in Southeastern Europe, north of Asia Minor (Turkey)

The Arabian Desert

Located in Western Asia.

Mediterranean Sea

Located south of European continent an North of African continent

Rio Grande

The border of Mexico & New Mexico + Texas, Flows from Colorado to the Gulf of Mexico

Mt. Blanc

The highest mountain in the Alps and the highest peak in Europe outside of the Caucasus range. Ranked 11th tallest mountain in the world.

Himalayan Mountains

The highest mountains in the world, which stretch along northern India, separating it from the rest of Asia.

Tropic of Cancer

The most northerly circle of latitude on the Earth at which the Sun is at the solstice. Also referred to as the Northern Tropic.

Urals

The mountain range that separates the continents of Asia and Europe extending from the arctic to the Caspian Sea

The Sahara Desert

The world's largest hot desert and covers most of northern Africa.

Olympics

a mountain range on the Olympic peninsula in western Washinton


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