Geology of the Appalachian Mountains. The Appalachians are among the oldest mountains on Earth, born of powerful upheavals within the terrestrial crust and sculpted by the ceaseless action of water upon the surface.

Makhonjwa Mountains

The Appalachians first formed roughly 480 million years ago during the Ordovician Period. They once reached elevations similar to those of the Alps and the Rocky Mountains before experiencing natural erosion.

Kangchenjunga

How old is the Aravalli Range? Geologists say that the mountain range is as old as 350 million years which is like older than the Himalayan Range. Thus making it the oldest range of fold Mountains in India.

The Urals is the world’s oldest extant mountain range. They were formed in the late carboniferous period, when a continent consisting largely of Siberia collided with the supercontinent that contained much of the world’s land at the time: the combination of Laurasia (Europe and North America) and Gondwana.

the Andes

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• THE PYRENEES. From the Bay of Biscay to the Mediterranean Sea, the Pyrenees Mountain Range is a formidable natural border between France and Spain – the highest peak is over 11,100 feet tall!
• THE ALPS.
• THE ROCKIES.
• THE ANDES.
• THE HIMALAYAS.

At just over 29,000 feet above sea level, Mount Everest’s peak reaches the farthest into the sky of any piece of Earth. But when seen from space, even this monster appears just part and parcel with the crust of the planet it is part of. Everest, in contrast, rises some five miles over the seas).

Don Juan Pond

Lesotho

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The lowest terrain in Europe, virtually lacking relief, stands at the head of the Caspian Sea; there the Caspian Depression reaches some 95 feet (29 metres) below sea level.

The most southwestern point in Europe – Cape Saint Vincent

• Europe.
• Portugal.
• Algarve.
• Faro District.
• Sagres.
• Sagres – Things to Do.
• Cape Saint Vincent.

The Austro-Hungarian Empire dissolved into Austria, Hungary, Czechoslovakia, and Yugoslavia. When the Ottoman Empire collapsed, Turkey was established. The German Empire became Germany, and Germany lost substantial territory outside Europe.

Cabo da Roca