Mountain Ranges
Feb 17 2026
The Appalachian Mountains are an immense mountain system extending across eastern North America from Newfoundland and Labrador in Canada to Alabama in the southeastern United States. Characterized by long forested ridges, deep valleys, rounded summits, waterfalls, and rocky plateaus, the Appalachians form one of the continent’s most important natural and cultural regions. Although the Appalachians …
Feb 16 2026
🏔️ Overview The Ruby Mountains are a rugged mountain range in northeastern Nevada, rising dramatically above the dry valleys of the Great Basin. Despite their location in one of the most arid parts of the United States, the Rubies contain high alpine ridges, glacier-carved canyons, clear mountain streams, wildflower meadows, and more than two dozen …
Jan 30 2026
The Andes Mountains form an immense chain of peaks, plateaus, valleys and volcanoes along the western side of South America. A map of the Andes reveals how the range follows the continent’s Pacific margin, extending from the tropical landscapes of northern South America to the glaciers and windswept islands of Patagonia. Recognized as the world’s …
Jan 23 2026
🏔️ Overview The Chugach Mountains form a rugged, heavily glaciated range along the coast of Southcentral Alaska. Rising abruptly from Cook Inlet, Prince William Sound and the Gulf of Alaska, the mountains create a dramatic landscape of sharp ridges, immense snowfields, deep fjords and glacier-carved valleys. The range extends approximately 250 miles (400 kilometers) from …
Jan 10 2026
The Appalachian Mountains form a vast system of forested peaks, long ridges, elevated plateaus, and deeply carved valleys extending across eastern North America. On a map, the range appears as a broad northeast-to-southwest belt stretching from the island of Newfoundland in Canada to Alabama in the southeastern United States. Unlike a narrow mountain chain with …
Nov 15 2025
San Gabriel Mountains The San Gabriel Mountains rise dramatically above the Los Angeles metropolitan area, forming one of Southern California’s most recognizable natural landscapes. Stretching roughly 60 miles from Newhall Pass in the west to Cajon Pass in the east, the range separates the Los Angeles Basin and surrounding valleys from the Mojave Desert. Part …
Oct 31 2025
The Alaska-Yukon Ranges encompass an enormous collection of mountain systems across Alaska and northwestern Canada. Rather than describing one continuous, formally recognized mountain range, the name is most useful as a broad geographic and mountaineering classification covering many of the great ranges of far northwestern North America. Within this immense region are the Alaska Range, …
Jun 28 2025
🏔️ Overview The Venezuelan Coastal Range, known in Spanish as the Cordillera de la Costa, is a complex mountain system stretching across northern Venezuela near the Caribbean Sea. Its steep ridges, deep valleys, cloud forests, dry coastal slopes, and densely populated intermontane basins make it one of the country’s most geographically important mountain regions. Unlike …
Jun 27 2025
🏔️ Overview The Fitz Roy Range, more precisely known as the Fitz Roy Massif, is a spectacular cluster of steep granite peaks in the southern Andes of Patagonia. Rising immediately west of the Argentine town of El Chaltén, the massif is dominated by Cerro Fitz Roy, or Cerro Chaltén, one of the most recognizable mountains …
Jun 26 2025
🏔️ Overview The Chilean Coast Range, known in Spanish as the Cordillera de la Costa, is one of the major mountain systems shaping the geography of Chile. Running broadly north to south along the country’s Pacific side, it forms a rugged western counterpart to the much higher Andes Mountains. Rather than forming one uninterrupted ridge, …
