mountain chain
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AFP joined as it surveyed biodiversity on a deep-sea mountain chain off Sulawesi island.
From Barron's ● Jan. 26, 2026
New Curtin University research has revealed that the Ninetyeast Ridge -- the Earth's longest straight underwater mountain chain -- formed through a different process than previously believed.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 27, 2024
The country straddles two tectonic plates, which are divided by an undersea mountain chain that oozes molten hot rock, or magma.
From New York Times ● Aug. 4, 2022
Especially worrying is the outlook for the Sierra Nevada, the long mountain chain that runs through the eastern part of the state.
From Salon ● Dec. 10, 2021
We had now reached the mountain chain, which rose bold and steep on both sides, and at every step became more and more contracted.
From Travels in the Interior of North America, Part I, (Being Chapters I-XV of the London Edition, 1843) Early Western Travels, 1748-1846, Volume XXII by Maximilian, Alexander Philipp
