List of Important Mountain Ranges of the World

Range	Continent	Country(s)	Highest point	Information
Alaska	North America		Denali (Mount Mckinley)	The range is part of the Pacific Ring of Fire, and the Denali Fault that runs along the southern edge of the range is responsible for a number of earthquakes.
Alps	Europe	Alpine countries: Austria, France, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Monaco, Slovenia, and Switzerland	Mount Blanc	The Alps contain many huge flat-lying folds called Nappes. Major European rivers flow from Switzerland, such as the Rhine, the Rhône, the Inn, the Ticino and the Po, all of which have headwaters in the Alps.
Andes	South America	Argentina Bolivia Chile Colombia Ecuador Peru Venezuela	Mount Aconcagua	The Andes are part of the “Rim of Fire” surrounding the Pacific. It is marked by volcanoes, earthquake zones, and deep ocean trenches. The glaciers and snowfields of the Andes supply water to the arid coast of central South America as well as to the Amazon Basin.
Atlas Mountains	Africa	Southwest to northeast across Morocco, Algeria, and Tunisia.	Mount Toubkal
Caucasus	Europe/Asia		Mount Elbrus	The range is visible in the Central Asia map above as a linear feature between the Black Sea and Caspian Sea.
Great Dividing Range	Australia	Australia	Mount Kosciuszko
Himalayas (meaning “home of snow”)	Asia	Bhutan India Nepal Pakistan Afghanistan China Myanmar	Mount Everest	Their snowfields supply great rivers: the Ganges, the Indus, and the Brahmaputra
Hindu Kush	Asia	A group of ranges in Afghanistan and Pakistan	Tirich Mir	The Khyber Pass crossing it, connecting Afghanistan with Indian and Pakistan, has long been of great military importance
Karakoram (meaning “black gravel”)	Asia		K2	The Karakoram is a mountain desert: a vast region of barren rock and ice
Pamir	Asia	Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Tajikistan	Ismoil Somoni Peak (Stalin Peak, Communism Peak)	The ancient Silk Road, the long and dangerous land route between China and Europe
Rocky Mountains	North America	Canada United States	Mount Elbert	Yellowstone National Park is in Rocky Mountains
Southern Great Escarpment	Africa	Zimbabwe South Africa Swaziland Lesotho Namibia Angola	Thabana Ntlenyana
Tien Shan	Asia	Continues eastward from the Hindu Kush into China	Jengish Chokusu	It is separated from the Himalayan ranges and Tibet to the south by the huge Taklimakan Desert in the Tarim Basin
Transantarctic Mountains	Antarctica	Antarctica	Mount Kirkpatrick
Urals	Asia/Europe		Mount Narodnaya	The mountain range forms part of the conventional boundary between the continents of Europe and Asia. The Urals have been viewed by Russians as a “treasure box” of mineral resources, which were the basis for its extensive industrial development.