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Changbai

(Encyclopedia)Changbai or Changpai both: chängˈbīˈ [key], mountain range, largely in NE China and partly in North Korea; Mt. Paektu, also called Changbai Shan or Baitou Shan (9,003 ft/2,744 m), is the highest p...

Wutai Shan

(Encyclopedia)Wutai Shan wo͞o-tī shän [key], mountain range, extending c.150 mi (240 km) across NE Shanxi and NW Hebei prov., NE China. The mountains, rising to c.10,035 ft (3,058 m), are sacred to Buddhists and...

Barisan

(Encyclopedia)Barisan bärēsänˈ [key], volcanic mountain range, c.1,000 mi (1,600 km) long, paralleling the western coast of Sumatra island, Indonesia. It rises to Mt. Kerinci (12,467 ft/3,800 m high). Numerous ...

Annamese Cordillera

(Encyclopedia)Annamese Cordillera änˌnämēzˈ kôrˌdĭlyârˈə [key], Fr. Chaîne Annamitique, principal mountain range of mainland Southeast Asia, extending c.700 mi (1,130 km) from N central Laos SE to S cen...

Tanggula Shan

(Encyclopedia)Tanggula Shan täng-lä, däng-lä [key], mountain range, southeast extension of the Karakorum range, in the central Tibetan plateau, on the Tibet-Qinghai border, W China; rises to about 20,000 ft (6,...

Ruwenzori

(Encyclopedia)Ruwenzori ro͞oˌwənzōˈrē [key], mountain range, E central Africa, on the Uganda-Congo border, in the western arm of the Great Rift Valley between lakes Albert and Edward. This fault-block range i...

Libanus

(Encyclopedia)Libanus: see Lebanon, mountain range. ...

Elburz

(Encyclopedia)Elburz ĕlbo͝orzˈ [key], mountain range, N Iran, between the Caspian Sea and the central Iranian plateau; rises to 18,606 ft (5,671 m) at Mt. Damavand. The range consists of steep, narrow, parallel ...

Sierra Nevada de Mérida

(Encyclopedia)Sierra Nevada de Mérida syāˈrä nāväˈᵺä ᵺā māˈrēᵺä [key], mountain range, NW Venezuela, a spur of the Andes extending c.200 mi (320 km) NE from the Colombian border to the Caribbean ...

Hymettus

(Encyclopedia)Hymettus hīmĕˈtəs [key], Gr. Imittós, mountain range, E central Greece, in Attica, extending c.10 mi (16 km) between Athens and the Saronic Gulf. Mt. Hymettus (c.3,370 ft/1,030 m) is the highest ...