Alaska Range
Geography

Alaska Range

The Alaska Range is a relatively narrow, 600-mile-long (970-kilometer) mountain range in the southcentral region of the U.S. state of Alaska, from Lake Clark at its southwest end to the White River in Canada's Yukon Territory in the southeast. Denali, the highest mountain in North America, is in

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Altai Mountains
Geography

Altai Mountains

The Altai Mountains ( ahl-TY) are a mountain range in Central Asia, where Russia, China, Mongolia, and Kazakhstan converge, and where the rivers Irtysh and Ob have their headwaters. The highest summit of the range is Belukha, whose summit reaches 4,506 m (14,783 ft) above sea level. The massif

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Allegheny Mountains
Geography

Allegheny Mountains

The Allegheny Mountain Range ( AL-ih-GAY-nee)—also spelled Alleghany or Allegany, less formally the Alleghenies—is part of the vast Appalachian Mountain Range of the Eastern United States and Canada. Historically, it represented a significant barrier to westward land travel and development. The

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Aras (river)
Geography

Aras (river)

The Aras is a transboundary river in the Caucasus. It rises in eastern Turkey and flows along the borders between Turkey and Armenia, between Turkey and the Nakhchivan exclave of Azerbaijan, between Iran and both Azerbaijan and Armenia, and, finally, through Azerbaijan where it flows into the Kura

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Blue Mountains (New South Wales)
Geography

Blue Mountains (New South Wales)

The Blue Mountains (Gundungurra/Dharug: Colomatta or Gulumada) are a mountainous region and a mountain range located in New South Wales, Australia. The region is considered to be part of the western outskirts of the Greater Sydney area. The region borders on Sydney's main metropolitan area, its

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Aspen Mountain (Colorado)
Geography

Aspen Mountain (Colorado)

Aspen Mountain is a mountain summit in the Elk Mountains range of the Rocky Mountains of North America. The 11,212-foot (3,417 m) peak is located in White River National Forest, 1.4 miles (2.2 km) south-southeast (bearing 162°) of downtown Aspen in Pitkin County, Colorado, United States. The north

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Abnoba
Geography

Abnoba

Abnoba is a name with theological and geographical meanings: It is the name of a Gaulish goddess who was worshiped in the Black Forest and surrounding areas. It is also the name of a mountain or mountain range. == Etymology == The etymology of the theonym is uncertain. It has been associated with

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Accursed Mountains
Geography

Accursed Mountains

The Accursed Mountains (Albanian: Bjeshkët e Nemuna; Serbo-Croatian: Prokletije / Проклетије, pronounced [prɔklɛ̌tijɛ]; both translated as "Cursed Mountains"), also known as the Albanian Alps (Albanian: Alpet Shqiptare), is a mountain range in coastal Southeast Europe adjacent to the Adriatic Sea.

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