Named mountain ranges, hill ranges and clusters of hills or peaks treated as one collective place rather than a single standing summit, following the mountain range and hill range landform classes of standard geomorphology. Includes named ranges built largely of one granite or crystalline rock body (Bektauata, Jebel Uweinat, The Hazards, La Pedriza), chains and ridges of hills known collectively as one place (Malvern Hills, Tsodilo Hills, Baraboo Range, You Yangs, Chimanimani Mountains), and clusters or groups of separate named granite hills or inselbergs treated together as one region (Matobo Hills, Taka Mountains, Ramanagara Hills, Domboshava, Cerros de Mavecure). Belongs here: any entity whose own defining identity is an extended chain, ridge or cluster of hills or peaks. Does not belong here: a single isolated inselberg, monolith, dome, tor or peak, even one that stands within or near a larger named range (this atlas's own Inselbergs and Crystalline Monoliths subcategory), or a landmass surrounded by water (Islands and Archipelagos).
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Formation OriginA mountain range or hill range is a series of mountains or hills arranged in a line and connected by high ground. 1 Browse By
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1. Wikipedia: Mountain range
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A mountain range or hill range is a series of mountains or hills arranged in a line and connected by high ground.
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