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Continental chains generally refer to a series of mountain ranges or undersea ridges that are geographically linked. One example is the Ring of Fire, a chain of volcanoes and tectonic plate boundaries that encircle the Pacific Ocean.
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What continent has the longest mountain range?
South America has the longest mountain range, which is the Andes Mountains. The Andes stretch for about 4,300 miles along the western coast of the continent.
How many continents in the Philippines?
The Philippines is located in Southeast Asia and is not a continent. It is an archipelago made up of more than 7,000 islands.
Which two continent are part of one huge land mass they separated by a chain of mountain?
Asia and Europe are part of one huge landmass that is separated by a chain of mountains known as the Ural Mountains.
What mountain chain crosses the artic continent?
The Arctic (North Pole) is an area of thick, floating ice floating on the Arctic Sea (Northern Ocean). There is no land. I suspect that Antarctica (South Pole) was meant in the question?Mount Kirkpatrick is the highest point. There are several groups of mountains crossing the Antarctic Continent.
Which continent lies in Northern and Western hemispheres and no others?
Answer #1:North America===========================Answer #2:There is no such continent.The Aleutian chain of islands that dangles southwestward from the 'chin' ofAlaska crosses the 180° meridian, and is all part of Alaska until the end ofthe chain. So that tiny part of North America lies in the eastern hemisphere.
Is Hawaii an island or continent?
island chain
In which Continent is the longest mountain chain?
in south america
What producers live in Antarctica?
There are no producers in any food chain on the Antarctic continent, because it's too cold there for any food chain to grow.However, the Southern Ocean that surrounds the continent is the most productive food chain on earth in terms of the amount of protein produced there. The base of that productive, sea food chain is the Antarctic Krill -- Euphausia superba.The main producer in Antarctica is phytoplankton
How many continents in the Philippines?
The Philippines is located in Southeast Asia and is not a continent. It is an archipelago made up of more than 7,000 islands.
Why does the continent of Antarctica have almost no wildlife?
Antarctica -- the continent -- supports zero wildlife, since it's too cold there and there is no food chain. Animals that breed on Antarctica's beaches are supported by the food chain in the Southern Ocean that surrounds the continent.
What continent has the longest mountain range?
South America has the longest mountain range, which is the Andes Mountains. The Andes stretch for about 4,300 miles along the western coast of the continent.
What continent has the mountain chain that extends farthest south?
South America
Was Hawaii Considered a Continent During 1778?
No, Hawaii is an island, Hawaii is now a state, the Hawaiian Islands are an island chain (archipelago) that are actually the Southeastern (or Windward) islands of a larger chain - the Hawaiian Emperor Seamount Chain. Either way, not a continent, never was, not even considered.
Is there any fauna in antarctica?
No. It's too cold and there is no food chain on the continent.
What consumers live in?
No animal lives in Antarctica: it's too cold and there is no food chain on the continent. However, many sea birds and sea mammals visit the continent's beaches to breed. Their food chain, however, is in the sea.
Why don't ant's live on Antarctica?
It's too cold on the Antarctic continent to support any animal life, and there is no food chain on the continent.
What is he mountain chain that crosses the antarctic continent?
You may be thinking of the Trans-Antarctic mountains.
