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30 Cards in this Set
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Europe's largest mountain system,beginning near the Mediterranian Sea, forming a border between France and Italy
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Alps
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World's longest chain of mountains above sea level, stretching along South America's west coast
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Andes
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Italian mountain range extending from the Gulf of Genoa to the Strait of Messina
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Apennines
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Northwestern African mountains in Morocco, Algeria, and Tunisia
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Atlas Mountains
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Mount in Turkey on which Noah's ark is believed to have come to rest
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Ararat
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Mountain range from the Yugoslav border across central Bulgaria to the Black Sea
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Balkans
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Central European mountains extending about 900 miles along the Slovakian-Polish border into Ukraine and Romania
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Carpathian Mountains
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Mountain range in Russia, Georgia, and Azerbaijan, rising between the Black and Caspian seas, often considered Europe's southeastern limit
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Caucasus
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Extinct volcanic mountain in Ecuador in the Andes
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Chimborazo
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Ecuadorian mountain the is one of the world's highest active volcanoes
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Cotopaxi
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World's highest mountain system, which forms a barrier separating India from the Tibetan plateau in China and is named with the Sanskrit for "Snowy Range"
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Himalaya(s)
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Central Asian chain of mountains forming part of the boundary between eastern Afghanistan and northwestern Pakistan
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Hindu Kush
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Swiss Alps mountain near Interlaken
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Jungfrau
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World's second highest mountain, located in Kashmir
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K2
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Volcano in the Sunda Strait of Indonesia, between the islands of Sumatra and Java, that exploded in 1883, and killed about 36,000 people
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Krakatoa
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Peak in Pennine Alps on the Swiss-Italian border
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Matterhorn
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Highest Mountain in Alps, located on the French-Italian-Swiss border
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Mount Blanc
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New Zealand's highest peak, named for an English navigator
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Aoraki / Mount Cook
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Active volcano on the island of Sicily
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Mount Etna
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Japan's highest mountain, located on the island of Honshu
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Mount Fuji
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World's 3rd highest mountain, located in the Himalaya on the border between Nepal and India
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Mount Kanchenjunga
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Africa's second highest mountain
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Mount Kenya
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Canada's highest mountain, located in the Yukon territory near the Alaska border
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Mount Logan
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Mountain in Greece said by the early Greeks to be the home of the Gods
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Mount Olympus
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Range of the Alps along the Swiss-Italian border
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Pennine Alps
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Range running from the Scottish border in the Cheviot Hills through central England
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Pennines
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Mountain chain that forms a natural barrier between France and Spain
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Pyrenees
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Mountain system in Mexico consisting of 3 ranges referred to as the Oriental, Occidental, and del Sur
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Sierra Madre
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Mountain range in Russia and Kazakhstan are considered to be one of the boundaries between Europe and Asia
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Urals
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Italian peak that is the only active volcano on the European mainland
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Vesuvius
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