The incredibly tall mountain range is not found on any of Earth’s seven continents, it is hidden elsewhere.
Giant mountain ranges can be found on literally every continent on Earth, but the longest continuous chain of mountain peaks is located on none of these seven landmasses. Researchers have revealed where the world’s largest habitat is hidden, IFLScience writes.
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The tallest mountain range on the planet is incredibly large, reaching peaks of 65,000 continuous kilometers. The massive mountain range, also known as the mid-ocean ridge, follows the contours of the planet’s tectonic plates and extends across the globe in a pattern often compared to the “seams of a baseball.”
By comparison, the longest continental ridge on the planet is only 7,000 kilometers long. At the same time, scientists note that the mid-ocean ridge is actually not as large as everyone thinks: the fact is that it actually consists of several separate underwater ridge systems located at the boundaries of various tectonic plates. From a scientific perspective, the plates move apart at these boundaries, allowing magma to rise and fill the gaps.
As a result, the tallest mountain range on Earth is actually a line of mountains and valleys that act as “scars” on the sea floor. Researchers note that most of the peaks of these mountain ranges lie about 2,500 meters below the ocean surface. The most famous of these is the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, which stretches from the center of the Atlantic Ocean from the Arctic to Antarctica.
Because the Earth’s plate tectonics are in contact with each other, all the ridges that form between them are interconnected and together form a continuous series of underwater ridges that form the mid-ocean ridge.
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