Mountain Ranges

START HERE - Mountain Ranges. Pick 3 Mountain systems to research and begin your investigation.

List of Mountain Ranges

Some of the most well known (and easiest to research):

Appalachians USGS - Brief Geological History Building the Northern Appalachians	Andes South America-the Andes	Sierra Nevadas USGS Sierra Nevadas
Rocky Mountains USGS-Rocky Mountains Rocky Mountain Formation Science Online-Rockies	Himalayas PBS Nova-Formation of Himalayas Himalayas - Wikipedia	Mid-Ocean Ridge Mid-ocean Ridge-Wikipedia
Adirondacks Adirondacks-Wikipedia Mountains - Wikipedia (look for Domed Mountains)	European Alps Science Online - Alps Geology of the Alps	Caucasus Mountains Caucasus-Wikipedia
Alaska Range Alaska Range	Cascades Mountain Range Cascades Mountain Range

Mountain Formation Resources
Plate Tectonics Boundaries Map in Google Maps - identifies all the plate boundaries
Mountain-Wikipedia
Mountain Building - Wikipedia
Mountains-Woodlands Junior School
Explore Mountains
Plate Tectonics Animations These can be linked to, but not directly embedded.


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