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Mountain Ranges

The three major mountain ranges of the US are the Appalachian Mountains, the Rocky Mountains, and the Sierra Nevada.


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 the Mountain Ranges alphabetically, by name:

Mountain RangeLocationLength
Rocky The Rocky Mountains, commonly known as the Rockies, are a major mountain range in western United States. The Rocky Mountains stretch more than 3,000 miles from Canada to New Mexico, in the Southwestern United States.  1st
Appalachian The Appalachian Mountains often called the Appalachians, are a system of mountains in eastern United States. The Appalachians run for 1,500 miles along the east coast of the United States from northern Alabama to Maine. 2nd
Sierra Nevada The Sierra Nevada is a mountain range in the Western United States where the majority of the range lies in the state of California with some in Nevada. The Sierra runs 400 miles north-to-south, and is approximately 70 miles across east-to-west. 3rd