Reference Edition
Field Reference for Natural Places Geography Atlas
Mountain Hub

Mountain systems, peaks, and high plateaus.

The mountain hub collects major ranges, elevated landforms, and cryosphere-linked uplands. It supports records focused on relief, elevation, glaciers, source basins, and the structure of linked highland regions.

Lead Records

Start with the atlas anchors

These pages give the mountain section a stable spine and enough depth to support future additions like volcanic arcs, plateaus, and alpine basins.

Mountain Range

Himalayas

A flagship mountain record tying together altitude, ice, river headwaters, and connected upland systems.

Mountain Range

Andes

A continental-scale cordillera linking volcanic belts, altiplano basins, Pacific margins, and sharp climatic contrasts.

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Alps

A compact European highland system known for classic alpine landforms, glaciation, and major watershed divides.

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Karakoram

A severe high-mountain region where extreme relief, immense glaciers, and very high peaks dominate the landscape.

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Rocky Mountains

A North American mountain system linking continental divides, intermontane basins, plateaus, and major river headwaters.

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Atlas Mountains

A North African range where uplift, Mediterranean influence, and desert-margin transitions meet along a complex mountain belt.

Mountain Range

Great Dividing Range

An eastern Australian upland system organizing escarpments, river catchments, and long stretches of elevated terrain.

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Caucasus

A high-relief mountain barrier between the Black and Caspian seas with glaciers, sharp elevation gradients, and major divides.

Mountain Range

Drakensberg

A southern African escarpment and mountain region notable for basalt uplands, cliffed fronts, and plateau-edge relief.