Himalayas
THE ANDES. The Andes is the longest mountain range on land. It was formed along the western margin of South America, where two tectonic plates (rocky plates that make up the Earth’s crust) collided. The mountains are still rising by about 10 cm (4 in) every century.  The Himalayas are a range of mountains in southern Asia, generally between India and China. The mountains in the range include many of the highest in the world. The Himalaya … s were pushed up by the collision between India and the Asian continental plate, and some are still slowly and steadily increasing in height. The Himalayas are still growing because the Indo-Australian plate is still colliding with the Eurasian plate (Convergent plate boundaries), which makes it grow higher. India is a sub-continent of Asia. Some mountain ranges, such as the Himalayan Mountain Range are still growing because the tectonic collision that created them is still occuring. The rate of uplift exceeds the … rate of erosion. The Ocean Ridge (also known as Mid-ocean ridge), which runs more than 40,000 miles on the sea floor of five oceans is the longest mountain chain in the world. The longest moun … tain range on dry land is the Andes, which stretch 4300 miles through seven countries in South America. The Andes is the world's highest mountain range outside of Asia. The highest mountain outside Asia, Mount Aconcagua, rises to an elevation of about 6,961 m (22,838 ft) above sea level.  The Andes. The Andes Mountains are the longest mountain chain in the world. They stretch along the entire west coast of South America from Cape Horn to Panama, a distance of 4,500 miles. Only the Himalaya Mountains and their adjacent ranges such as the Hindu Kush are higher than the Andes range. Many Andean peaks rise over 20,000 feet (6,096 m.). It is about 500 miles across the widest part of the range. In Spanish, they are called Cordillera de los Andes, which means Andes Mountain Range. What is the largest mountain range in the world? Himalayan mountain range in Asia   The Andes Mountains, which stretch more than 5000 miles through seven South American countries, form the longest mountain range in the w … orld.   The Andes which are located between Chili and Argentina. The Ocean Ridge (also known as Mid-ocean ridge), which runs more than 40,000 miles on the sea floor of five oceans is the longest mountain chain in the world. The longest moun … tain range on dry land is the Andes, which stretch 4300 miles through seven countries in South America. Andes Mountain Range. The range of the Andes, is longer than 5,000km (3,105mi) along South America, been the second highest range in the world after the Himalayas, and still growing.  Even though the Himalayas are not the longest mountain range (that title belongs to the Andes), they do have the distinction of being the youngest and therefore, due to less time weathering, the highest mountain range in the world with over 30 peaks higher than 7315 metres/24000 feet. The most easily available access to the best of the Himalayas is in Northern India, Nepal, Tibet, and Bhutan. The Himalayas are home to many of the world’s highest mountains; Everest, K2, Kangchenjunga and Nanda Devi. Because the five highest mountains in the world are in the Himalayas, and the Himalayas are some of the fastest growing mountains in the world, in 10,000 years these mountains will still be the highest in the world. In 100 Million years that may be quite different, as the history of the Appalachian mountains teaches us. As it turns out, every single one of the highest mountains in the world (defined as peaks higher than 8,000 meters or 26,247 feet) is located in the Himalayan Mountains in Asia (India, Tibet, China, Pakistan and Nepal). Lifted by the collision of the Indian tectonic plate with the Eurasian Plate, the Himalayan range runs northwest to southeast in a 2,400 kilometres (1,500 mi) long arc. The Himalayas are bordered on the north by the Tibetan Plateau, on the south by the Indo-Gangetic Plain, on the northwest by the Karakoram and Hindu Kush ranges, and on the east by the Indian states of Assam and Arunachal Pradesh.
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which range of mountains is growing the fastest the himalayas or the andes