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A mountain range is a grouping of mountains usually caused by [tetonic plate]? interactions. The Himalayas? in Asia are the result of the India plate hitting the asian plate.
A mountain range is a grouping of mountains usually caused by [tectonic plate]? interactions. The Himalayas? in Asia are the result of the India plate hitting the asian plate.

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North America
*Rocky Mountains
*[Appalachian Mountain Range]?
*[Sierra Nevada Mountain Range]?
*Cascade Mountain Range

South America
*Andes
Australasia?
*[Pegunungan Maoke]?, New Guinea
*[Great Dividing Range]?
*Snowy Mountains
*[Southern Alps]?, New Zealand

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North America
*Rocky Mountains
*[Appalachian Mountain Range]?
*[Sierra Nevada Mountain Range]?
*Cascade Mountain Range

South America
*Andes

A mountain range is a grouping of mountains usually caused by [tectonic plate]? interactions. The Himalayas? in Asia are the result of the India plate hitting the asian plate.

Singular mountains are often the result of volcanic processes but in some instances, such as the Hawaiian Islands these processes can result in a chain of mountains that might be considered a mountain range.

(we need a good prose introduction to what a mountain range is and what its features, generally, are)

Africa

Australasia?

Asia

Europe

North America

South America


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