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

For 4,500 years, the pyramids of Giza have loomed over the western bank of the Nile River as a geometric mountain chain.

From New York Times • Aug. 30, 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

An interior mountain chain such as the New Zealand Alps would have transformed the country.

From Australian Pictures Drawn with Pen and Pencil by Willoughby, Howard