Atlas Mountains
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The Atlas Mountains are a mountain range in the Maghreb in North Africa. They separate the Sahara from the Mediterranean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean; the mountain range stretches around 2,500 km throug
Jebel Yagour, Morocco
The location of the Atlas Mountains (red) across North Africa
View of the mountains
High Atlas, Morocco
Appalachian Mountains
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The Appalachian Mountains are a vast mountain range situated in eastern North America, extending roughly 2,050 mi from central Alabama to Newfoundland along a generally southwest–northeast axis. Along
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…Today, the remains of this chain can be seen in the Fall Line region in the Eastern United States. Some remnants can also be found in the later formed Appalachians in North America. A second phase took place during the Mesozoic Era (before ~66 My). It consisted of a widespread extension of the Earth's crust that…
The Blue Ridge Mountains, part of the Appalachian chain, near Sparta, North Carolina
The hills of the Notre Dame Mountains in Quebec, Canada
The Appalachian Trail at Mount Minsi in Northampton County, Pennsylvania, in the Lehigh Valley
The Appalachian Mountains seen from the International Space Station