the.com/mountain range
Tectonic plates throwing a decades-long slow-motion punch, frozen mid-swing.
means A chain of connected mountains formed together by the same geological processes, usually running in a continuous line across a region.
from 'Mountain' traces back through Old French 'montaigne' to Latin 'mons/montis,' a root so old it just means the big thing sticking up — possibly tied to a deeper Indo-European base about prominence or projection. 'Range' comes from Old French 'rangier,' to set in a row, from 'reng,' meaning rank or line — the same root behind military 'ranks.' So a mountain range is literally a row of ranked peaks, standing in formation, as if the earth itself were lining up soldiers.
- formation time
- tens of millions of years to rise fully
- still growing
- himalayas gain roughly 5mm yearly
- erosion rival
- wind and ice eventually win every time
- longest one
- andes stretch over 7000km, mostly underwater continued