Mountain range
Under ridge, ridge or hill chain refers to a long-drawn series of mountains that even mountain hilltops , ridge or mountain saddles included and with side slopes can reach a complex geographical structure and branches. A mountain range can lie within a low mountain range , a hill country or in the lowlands . As a ridge , it can connect two or more low mountain ranges.
The chain-like arrangement of the mountains of a ridge is a consequence of the common formation by mountain-forming forces or a consequence of ice age earth movements. Mountain ranges have essentially the same geological age, but can consist of several types of rock or sediment.
Mountain ranges usually form a watershed . The transition over a mountain range is usually formed by a mountain saddle accessible by roads.
Examples
- the Fläming south of Berlin
- The Hessian ridge , between Vogelsberg , Rhön and Spessart
- the ridges between Taunus and Vogelsberg, south of casting the watershed between the Lahn tal and Wetterau represents
See also
- Mountain range in the high mountains
