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
Just below the waves, coral reefs stretch for miles along an underwater mountain chain.
From Salon • Jul. 24, 2021
Victoria is traversed for its greater part from east to west by a mountain chain, which is lofty in the south-east corner.
From Australian Pictures Drawn with Pen and Pencil by Willoughby, Howard