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What are the largest and second-largest mountain ranges in the US?
Rock and the Appalachian mountains
How do the rocky mountain differ from Appalachian mountain?
The Appalachians are older than the Rockies, and they are weathered and smooth. The Rockies are jagged and rough. The Appalachian mountains are covered with trees and brush, and many of the Rocky mountains are bare rock.
How the rocky mountain differ from the Appalachian mountains?
The Appalachians are older than the Rockies, and they are weathered and smooth. The Rockies are jagged and rough. The Appalachian mountains are covered with trees and brush, and many of the Rocky mountains are bare rock.
What is a very high and sharply rising rock formation?
A very high, sharply rising rock formation is called a mountain. Some of the most famous mountain ranges in the United States include the Rocky Mountains, the Boulder Mountains and the Appalachian Mountains.
Which mountain range is longer- the rocky mountains or sierra Nevada mountains?
the rock mountains are the highest of the three. the second highest is the sierra nevada, third highest is the appalachian mountains
What is a relatively new mountain range with very very old rock veins?
The Smoky Mountains, which are located in the Appalachian Range
What is the main type of rock found in the Appalachian mountains?
The remains of the mountains exposed are marine sedimentary rocks, oceanic basalt, even coal.
What lies between the rocky mountain and the appalachians?
The Great Plains, the Mississippi River system, and the eastern woodlands all lie between the Rocky Mountains and the Appalachian Mountains.
Are the Appalachian mountains in Greenland and western Europe?
The Appalachian Mountains are located in the eastern United States. The Appalachian Mountains, mountains in Greenland and those in western Europe (the Scottish Highlands) have similar rock layers. This similarity in rock layers was noted by Alfred Wegener and used as evidence to support his hypothesis of continental drift.
How are the Appalachian Mountains similar and different from the Rocky Mountains?
The Rocky Mountains are taller than Appalachian Mountains and has sharp pointy peaks. The Rocky Mountains are taller.They Both have eroded. The Appalachian Mountains are older and shorter than rocky mountains.
Why does the Appalachian mountains consist of a few thousand meters of shallow sediments?
Over time as the Earth was developing the dirt and rock that wa there settled and then mountain formed on top of it.
Why are the Applalachian mountains more rounder and shorter than the Rock mountains?
The reason why is that the Appalachian mountains are smoother than the Rockies.
