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Mountains lie in every continent of the world. The Himalaya, the Andes, the Alps, the Rockies, the Atlas, the Hindkush, the Suleman, the Kirther and the Altaintag are the major mountain ranges.
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Sati, V.P. (2014). Mountain Ecosystems. In: Towards Sustainable Livelihoods and Ecosystems in Mountain Regions. Environmental Science and Engineering(). Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-03533-8_8
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