World's Longest Mountain Range Is Mostly Under Water

Teresa Bergen, Inhabitat
Mon, 05/23/2022 - 12:30pm

Far beneath the ocean’s surface stretches the world’s longest mountain range. It’s one of the world’s great mysteries, barely explored beyond mapping and involved in all kinds of seismic activity. The zig zagging mid-ocean ridge (yes, it deserves a catchier, more majestic name) zig zags around the globe for more than 40,000 miles, making it longer than Earth’s circumference.

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The Andes ( / ˈændiːz / AN-deez ), Andes Mountains or Andean Mountain Range ( Spanish: Cordillera de los Andes; Quechua: Anti) are the longest continental mountain range in the world, forming a continuous highland along the western edge of South America.
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The longest mountain range in the world (above sea level) is the Andes, consisting of several subranges. Cordillera de los Andes, in Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Venezuela: Cordillera Central, Colombia; Cordillera Occidental, Colombia; Cordillera Oriental, Colombia, Venezuela Serranía del Perijá, Colombia, Venezuela
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World's Longest Mountain Range Is Mostly Under Water

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