which is the longest mountain range in the world?

Answer 1

The Andes Mountains, which stretch more than 5000 miles through seven South American countries, form the longest mountain range in the world.

Answer 2

Tucked away in the high reaches of the Andes mountains, along the border between Bolivia and Peru, lies one of the highest regions inhabited by people anywhere in the world. Here in the "altiplano" farmers raise sheep, llamas and alpacas, as they have for thousands of years. But unlike most farmlands, the altiplano is surrounded by jagged mountains, volcanic peaks that drop steeply down to deserts in some places, to rain forests in others, and on the western side, to a deep trench of the Pacific Ocean

The Andes are the longest mountain range in the world, stretching 7,250 kilometers (4,200 miles) down the southern half of the world. The Andes run north to the warm equator, and stretch south towards Cape Horn and Patagonia, a windy, cold, semi-desert where the winter temperatures stay below freezing. The southern tip of the Andes is not far from Antartica, home of the south pole!

The name "Andes" comes from a native word whose meaning is unkown today. The tallest peak is Mt. Aconcagua, a giant volcano towering 6,959 meters (22,831 feet) above sea level. The Andes mountains have been formed by one of the crustal plates of the Pacific ocean floor pushing slowly against the American continental plate. This pressure has caused the sedimentary rocks to bend and fold up into long ridges, called "sierras." Where the sedimentary rocks cracked, molten granite and igneous rocks erupted from below as volcanoes, caused by the oceanic plate melting from the friction and exploding to the surface.

Most of the highest mountains in the Andes are volcanoes, some still active, many dormant or extinct. Eruptions and strong earthquakes can cause landslides on the steep slopes. Rich minerals formed here include gold, silver, tin, copper, platinum, lead, and zinc

Answer 3

Ten Longest Mountain Ranges in the world:

Andes: 4,500 miles
Rocky Mountains: 3,000 miles
Himalayas: 2,400 miles
Great Dividing Range: 2,250 miles
Transantarctic Mountains: 2,200 miles
Brazilian Coastal Range: 1,900 miles
Sumatra-Java Range: 1,800 miles
Aleutian Range: 1,650 miles
Tien Shan: 1,400 miles
New Guinea Range: 1,250 miles

Answer 4

The longest mountain range is the Himalayans

Answer 5

The Andes in South America and when North America and South America were one land mass (Gondwana), the Rockies in North America were one with The Andes.

Answer 6

The Andes

Answer 7

Mount Everest

Answer 8

Andeese range(south america)