Mountain chain
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A mountain chain is a row of high mountain summits, a linear sequence of interconnected or related mountains, or a contiguous ridge of mountains within a larger mountain range. The term is also used f
The Karawanks, a single, long mountain chain. This is the Koschuta ridge near Zell, Carinthia
A view of the Balkan Mountains chain
The remains of an old mountain chain in the Laramie Mountains, Colorado
Ridge
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A ridge is a long, narrow, elevated geomorphologic landform, structural feature, or a combination of both separated from the surrounding terrain by steep sides. The sides of a ridge slope away from a
Mountain chain
…chains ("chain mountains"). While in mountain ranges, the term mountain chain is common, in hill ranges a sequence of hills tends to be referred to a ridge or hill chain. Elongated mountain chains occur most frequently in the orogeny of fold mountains, (that are folded by lateral pressure), and nappe belts…
The southern ridge of the Mt Sylvia Range, a ridge composed of several peaks, viewed from the Lishan area of Taiwan
A mountain ridge from Mount Otensho to Mount Tsubakuro in Japan
The edges of tuyas can form ridges.
Pirin Mountain main ridge – view from Koncheto knife-edge ridge towards the pyramidal peaks Vihren and Kutelo