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MOUNTAIN RANGES
By length * Mid-ocean ridge - 65,000 km (40,389 mi)[1] * Andes - over 7,000 km (4,350 mi) * Rocky Mountains - 4,800 km (2,983 mi) * Himalayas - approximately 3,800 km (2,361 mi)[citation needed] * Great Dividing Range - 3,700 km (2,299 mi) * Transantarctic Mountains - 3,500 km (2,175 mi)
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* * Alborz (Iran) * Al Hajar Mountains (Oman, UAE) * Altai Mountains (Russia, China, Mongolia, Kazakhstan) * Annamite Range (Laos, Vietnam) * Anti-Lebanon (Lebanon, Syria) * Arabian Mountain * Bynar Range * Caraballo (Philippines) * Cardamom Mountains (Cambodia) * Caucasus (Southern Russia, Georgia, Azerbaijan, Armenia, Northern Iran) * Celestial Mountains * Cherskiy Range (Siberia) * Chittagong Hill Tracts (Bangladesh) * Cordillera Central (Philippines) * Dzhugdzhur Mountains (Siberia) * Eastern Ghats (India) * Elburiagan Mountains * Fansipan (Vietnam) * Gydan Mountains * Haraz Mountains (Yemen) * Himalaya (Nepal, Bhutan, China, India, Pakistan) * Mahabharat Range or Lesser Himalaya * Siwalik Range or Churia Hills, Subhimalaya * Hindu Kush (Afghanistan, Pakistan) * Japanese Alps (Japan) * Akaishi Mountains * Hida Mountains * Kiso Mountains * Jayawijaya Mountains (Indonesia) * Karakoram (Pakistan, China, India) * Khingan Mountains (China) * Greater Khingan * Lesser Khingan * Khibinsky Mountains (Russia) * Kirthar Mountains (Pakistan) * Knuckles Mountain Range (Sri Lanka) * Koryak Mountains (Siberia) * Kunlun Mountains (Tibet) * Kuray Mountains (Russia) * Owen Stanley Range (New Guinea) * Pamir Mountains (Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, Afghanistan, Pakistan) * Safed Koh (Afghanistan, Pakistan) * Salt Range (Pakistan) * Sayan Mountains (Siberia) * Sierra Madre (Philippines) * Sikhote Alin Mountains (Siberia) * Stanovoi
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