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Himalayas
The Himalayas, or Himalaya, is a mountain range in Asia separating the plains of the Indian subcontinent from the Tibetan Plateau. The range has some of the Earth's highest peaks, including the highest, Mount Everest. More than 100 peaks exceeding elevations of above sea level lie in the Himalayas.
Andes
The Andes ( ), Andes Mountains or Andean Mountain Range (; ) are the longest continental mountain range in the world, forming a continuous highland along the western edge of South America. The range is long and wide (widest between 18°S and 20°S latitude) and has an average height of about . The Andes extend from south to north through seven South American countries: Argentina, Chile, Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, and Venezuela.
Ural Mountains
mountain range in Russia
Appalachian Mountains
mountain range in the eastern United States and Canada
Fertile Crescent
crescent-shaped geographic region of the Middle-East, containing the moist and fertile land of Western Asia, and the Nile Valley and Nile Delta of northeast Africa
Brazilian Highlands
extensive geographical region, covering most of the eastern, southern and central portions of Brazil
European Plain
largest mountain-free landform in Europe
Southern Ural
southern part of Ural Mountains, Russia
Eastern Highlands
mountain range in Zimbabwe and Mozambique
Western Himalaya
Western section of the Himalayas
physiographic regions of the world
classification system for Earth's landforms based on the work on N. M. Fenneman
Eastern Himalaya
Flora: Oaks, mangnolias, laurels and birches covered with moss ferns; coniferous forests of pine, fir, yew and junipers with undergrowth of rhododendrons and dwarf bamboos; lichens, moses, orchids, and other epiphytes dominant (high humidity, rain)
Levantine corridor
geographic corridor between the Mediterranean and the Arabian desert, which connects Africa to Eurasia
physiographic province
mid-level region in the Fenneman model of physiographic regionalization
geomorphological division of Slovakia
Geomorphological division of the Czech Republic
Australian Shield
large part of the continent of Australia