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Major mountain ranges of planet Earth

List format: ~approx. length in km | range name (continent) ^ highest peak = its height in meters

• ~7000Andes (South America) ^ mount Aconcagua = 6962
• ~6400 North American Cordillera (North America) ^ Denali = 6190
• ~3500 Great Dividing Range (Australia) ^ mount Kosciuszko = 2228
• ~3500 Transantarctic mountains (Antarctica) ^ mount Kirkpatrick = 4528
• ~3200 Appalachian mountains (North America) ^ mount mitchell = 2037
• ~3000 Kunlun mountains (Asia) ^ Liushi Shan = 7167
• ~2500 Atlas mountains (Africa) ^ Toubkal = 4167
• ~2500 Ural mountains (Asia and Europe) ^ mount Narodnaya = 1895
• ~2400 Himalayas (Asia) ^ mount Everest (highest peak in the world) = 8849
• ~2000 Altai mountains (Asia) ^ Belukha = 4509
• ~1900 New Guinea Highlands (Oceania) ^ Puncak Jaya / Carstensz Pyramid (highest island peak in the world) = 4884
• ~1700 Barisan mountains (Asia) ^ mount Kerinci = 3805
• ~1700 Scandinavian mountains (Europe) ^ Galdhøpiggen = 2469
• ~1500 Carpathian mountains (Europe) ^ Gerlachovský štít = 2655

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