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902_05_12529130highres Types of barrows, aka Tumuli, burial mounds or kurgans. a. Long barrow. b and c. Druid barrows. d. Bell shaped barrow. e. Conical barrow. f. Twin barrow. From Old England: A Pictorial Museum, published 1847.

902_05_12528854highres Thousands of Hindus bathing in the sacred River Ganges, India. They are celebrating the avatarana or descent of the Ganges from heaven to earth, bathing in the Ganges on this day is said to rid the bather of ten sins. From The Wonders of the World, published c.1920.

902_05_12519046highres A magic lantern slide circa 1900. Religious slides. The 'Statutype' series of the life and work of Christ on Earth. This is a very fine and entirely new set of Slides, photographed from an original series of models sculptured by the French artist, Mestroianni. On the screen they appear almost stereoscopic, standing out well in relief owing to the shadows being real shadows, not merely painted. They are quite unique in appearance and very attractive, being printed, by a special process of our own, in a warm brown art tone. Great transparency is obtainable with this new process (Newtona), making these Slides very suitable for oil and acetylene lanterns. Messrs. Newton & Co. hold the sole right of making Slides of these copyright subjects in all English-speaking countries.Postcards of the above pictures can be obtained from Mr Noyer, 37, Boulevard de Strasbourg, Paris. Slide 6 The Flight into Egypt. Illustrator MASTROIANNI, Domenico

65197_rf_31_4327_025 Gardener harvesting potatoes from an allotment in England UK

71096_rf_28_total ecipse of the sun_195a1h A Total Eclipse Of The Sun , As Seen From Space, Showing The Earth & The Total Eclipse In Action.

71096_rf_28_roaring t_rex_196a1h A Carnivorous T.Rex Dinosaur From Earths Cretaceous Era Roaring.

71096_rf_28_terraforming mars_195a1h A Futuristic Look Of Human Astronauts Terraforming The Planet Mars.

71096_rf_28_creation of the moon_195a2h A 3D Conceptual Image, Showing The Creation Of The Moon, Many Millions Of Years Ago.

902_05_12310095HighRes The Great Wall of China, first started c.220?206 BC by Qin Shi Huang, the first Emperor of China, it is a series of fortifications made of stone, brick, tamped earth, wood, generally built along an east-to-west line across the historical northern borders of China to protect the Chinese states and empires against raids and invasions. From Hutchinson's History of the Nations, published 1915.

902_05_12283549HighRes Ferdinand Magellan's ship The Nao Victoria, which took part in the expedition in 1519 to circumnavigate the earth. From The Romance of the Merchant Ship, published 1931.

902_05_12321591HighRes Earth could not answer: nor the Seas that mourn In flowing Purple, of their Lord forlorn; Nor Heaven, with those eternal Signs reveal' And hidden by the sleeve of Night and Morn. Illustration by Edmund Dulac from the Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, published 1909.

902_05_12321590HighRes Earth could not answer: nor the Seas that mourn In flowing Purple, of their Lord forlorn; Nor Heaven, with those eternal Signs reveal' And hidden by the sleeve of Night and Morn. Illustration by Edmund Dulac from the Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, published 1909.

902_05_12310075HighRes A Tibetan Mani-wall, near Leh in the Himalayas, terminated by two relic towers or chorlens. These stone structures are a compilation of intricately carved stone tablets, most with the inscription "Om Mani Padme Hum" which loosely translates to "Hail to the jewel in the lotus" and should be passed or circumvented from the left side, the clockwise direction in which the earth and the universe revolve, according to Buddhist doctrine. After a 19th century photograph. From Customs of The World, published c.1913.

412-34965 Still life concept gardening supplies forming windmill tree

1019_13_KK-DSC_3400 Chicxulub comet. Colombian geologists found the first samples in south america of the Chicxulub Asteroid that triggered a mass extinction on earth, that included the the dinosaurs in Gorgona Island, 35 km. from the Pacific Colombian Coast..

1019_13_KK-DSC_3380 Chicxulub comet. Colombian geologists found the first samples in south america of the Chicxulub Asteroid that triggered a mass extinction on earth, that included the the dinosaurs in Gorgona Island, 35 km. from the Pacific Colombian Coast..

1019_13_KK-DSC_3368 Chicxulub comet. Colombian geologists found the first samples in south america of the Chicxulub Asteroid that triggered a mass extinction on earth, that included the the dinosaurs in Gorgona Island, 35 km. from the Pacific Colombian Coast..

975_08_TASS-D-83078 Russian cosmonauts vasily tsibliyev and alexander lazutkin landed on aug, 14th in the assigned area 168 kilomentes southneast of dzhezkazgan /kazakhstan/, the space expedition made by the cosmonauts on board the 'mir' space station continued for 185 days and went down in the history of world cosmonautics as the most difficult space flight with numerous mishaps, the picture showing the 'mir' station on near-earth orbit, made from tv screen.

925_02_MW020153 A woman from the ethnic A?u Indian community weaving a basket at the village of Sinamacia, on Sinamacia lagoon

925_02_MW020152 A girl from the ethnic A?u Indian community, at the village of Sinamaica, on Sinamaica lagoon

925_02_MW020151 A woman from the ethnic A?u Indian community, at the village of Sinamaica, on Sinamaica lagoon

925_02_MW017430 A group of men unloading soil from an engine boat, at Maowa Ferry Ghat, in Dhaka, Bangladesh

925_02_MW018654 An elderly woman with an umbrella, at the cemetery of Chapi Kkollu, in Oruro, Bolivia

925_02_MW018639 Family and friends pray at the tomb of their loved ones

925_02_MW018637 The police came to tackle a disturbing situation among the people who came at the Chapi Kkollu Cemetery, in Oruro, Bolivia

925_02_MW018635 A view of the cemetery Iroko

925_02_MW018634 The celebration of the Day of the Dead, ritual tradition

925_02_MW018650 A store that sells tombs for the deceased

925_02_MW018643 The doors of the deceaseds homes are kept open for people for praying

925_02_MW018640 Children receive candy and pastries in exchange for praying at the altars of the houses

925_02_MW020892 A man holds land mines from a field during de-mining operations to remove innumerable land mines planted during the civil war that injured thousands of Angolans

925_02_MW011641 Muslims from all walks of life come from different parts of the country by train, bus, boat and every possible way to attend Bishwa Ijtema

925_02_MW011640 Muslims from all walks of life come from different parts of the country by train, bus, boat and every possible way to attend Bishwa Ijtema the second largest Muslim pilgrimage on earth at the bank of Turag river in Tongi

925_02_MW011638 Muslims from all walks of life come from different parts of the country by train, bus, boat and every possible way to attend Bishwa Ijtema the second largest Muslim pilgrimage on earth at the bank of Turag river in Tongi

917_03_WHA_119_0463 Melting Snows of Kilimanjaro. 2002, photographed from space orbit by the NASA Earth Observatory. Kilimanjaro's ice cap is particularly remarkable given its persistence through many previous shifts in climate.

908_06_lr2520019 The hanging-cloud bridge at Mount Gyédé near Ashikaga

925_04_MW003723 Some day I will walk again - Utpal always reminds himself

975_08_TASS-S-12310 Soviet spacecraft soyuz 31 docked to the salyut 6 space station, the picture was taken from soyuz 29, 1978.

917_36_WHA_113_0898 The Genesis creation narrative is the creation myth of both Judaism and Christianity. The Second Day of Creation: The earth and the waters are divided. From Physique sacree, ou Histoire-naturelle de la Bible, 1732-1737, by Johann Jakob Scheuchzer (1672 ? 1733), a Swiss scholar born at Zurich

948_05_00219974 The painter Correggio but the Holy Night has thought so in his dreams: all in heavenly light is the Divine Child, emanating from the all shine that resists shines on the faces of delighted Anwesenen. This is a picture of where we want to pray: "You dear holy, devout Christian, because today is your birthday, that's why on the earth far and wide, all the children happy time."

990_05_4-WWI-US-HF_7HR United States: May 17, 1918 A cartoon of the an American Boot about to crush the Kaiser and his Prussian junker satellites from the globe. The Kaiser is portrayed as a giant frog on top of the world. © Underwood Archives / The Image Works

990_05_1-Sci-Astro-HB_6HR Space: April 16, 1972 The view of earth from the Apollo 16 during the trans-lunar coast. North America's Lake Michigan and Lake Superior can be seen along with the Baja Peninsula on the far left. © Underwood Archives / The Image Works

925_07_MW023210 A woman reading holy prayers at the bank of the river Ganges at Haridwar, during Kumbh Mela, the biggest Hindu religious pilgrimage on earth

925_07_MW023208 A woman performing a religious ritual on the Kumbh Mela, in Haridwar, North India

925_07_MW023207 A procession of Naga sadhus (monks), Kumbh Mela

925_07_MW023206 Naga sadhus (monks) walk with great fan fare and beating of drums in a procession to the ghats

925_07_MW023205 Naga sadhus (monks) walk with great fan fare and beating of drums in a procession to the ghats

925_07_MW023204 People on the either side of the road feel blessed if the Naga sadhus look, wave, or throw a flower at them

925_01_MW020956 Cracked earth from dry desert conditions at Sossusvlei, Namib Desert in Namibia

925_01_MW003789 Using modern technology in irrigation is not new in Bangladesh

925_01_MW003788 Using modern technology in irrigation is not new in Bangladesh

925_08_MW014072 Laborers collect soil from land for making bricks

925_08_MW014067 A man collects soil from land for a brickfield in Katiadi, Kishorganj, Bangladesh

925_07_MW023202 An elderly woman at the Kumbh Mela, the biggest Hindu religious pilgrimage on earth

925_02_MW023256 The residential space around Dhaka city is expanding rapidly

990_05_BO6-Eth-NA-CA_14HR California: c. 1930 Most villages had one or more sweat houses where the men gathered every day for the traditional custom of sweating. The earth covered house was built close to the river so the men could plunge into the water after sweating. A fire was built in the sweat house to make it hot, and the men scraped their bodies with a split deer rib to stimulate sweating. When they could endure the heat no longer, they ran from the sweat house and plunged into the nearby river.

948_05_00417180 The houses are one-storey, the rammed earth floors. The road is wide because of space is not a defect. It is unpaved and dusty in the summer, in the rainy season often a roaring river. Fortunately, in Brazil on the plateau climate quite healthy and only here and there make gnats and mosquitoes life unbearable. We approach again the west coast and still want to visit those most important city in Brazil, which combines all the benefits of this wonderful country in abundance: Rio de Janeiro. From this settlement at the level we can already look down on the beautiful city.

948_05_00208524 This wave terrain will cause that Chorin, when it finally appears before our eyes, totally acts like a surprise. Only in the moment when we have passed the last ridge, rises the magnificent building, the wall covered the hills until then, from the earth, and is now free, visible to toe, in front of us. It is this architectural effect in good stead. You can probably make the assertion that this outperforms the picturesque. From the old buildings, if the same transformations were also subjected, is still much to receive and give the remains a full picture of what this rich monastery once was. Even the mass, the dimensions suggest.

948_05_01252781 A peaceful farmer ploughing the earth in the same way as they did thousands of years ago. The oxen walk in the yoke, as we already know from the Bible. Now, however, it should read: Ade pyramids, Cairo also ade, further into the wonderland of palm trees and temples we want to draw.

981_05_LC120617__0086_2 The Burning Well Near The Featherstone Station In The Vicinity Of Pontefract. In Boring For Coal, The Sinkers Penetrated A Bed Of Shale At A Depth Of About 120 Feet, Upon Which The Water Previously Rising Through The Borehole Was Suddenly Ejected Like A Fountain To The Height, It Is Said, Of 30 Feet Above The Surface Of The Earth, Impelled By The Violent Efflux Of Gas Which The Perforation Had Liberated From Its Cavernous Laboratory; And, On The Application Of A Lighted Match (After The Subsidence Of The Jet) Near The Surface Of The Water, Which Covered The Orifice, The Gas Escaping Through It Instantly Took Fire, Blazing Up Occasionally To The Height Of At Least Three Yards, And Dancing And Flickering In Red Flames Over The Well, Which Heaved And Bubbled Like A Witch'S Cauldron Beneath.

1016_03_51225 Magmatic (or igneous) rocks generally come from Earth?s upper mantle, where magma is partially melted. Depending on their rate of cooling, these rocks will be more or less fine- grained. Plutonic (or intrusive) rocks, which solidify slowly, are coarse-grained, while volcanic (or effusive) rocks, which solidify rapidly when they reach the surface, are fine-grained.

1016_03_62384 Landform built up as lava and ash are ejected from the upper mantle during successive eruptions, accumulating and solidifying on the surface.

1016_03_62315 As it is fed by more springs and meltwater from glaciers, it becomes a mountain stream, and then a young river. It continues flowing down the mountain, following steep slopes and forming waterfalls.

1016_03_59326 Earth is mainly made of iron, oxygen, and silica, a substance found in sand. These different materials are not distributed evenly throughout the planet. By studying the way seismic waves (tremors from earthquakes) travel through the ground, scientists have determined that our planet is made up of several main layers.

1016_03_59083 Archosaurs, or ?ruling reptiles,? first appeared during the Triassic, a period in Earth?s history that lasted from 251 to 200 million years BC. Some archosaurs would have gradually abandoned the ?crawling? stance, characterized by the belly hugging the ground and legs attached to the sides of the body (like modern crocodiles).

1016_03_58560 A meteor that does not burn up as it passes through the atmosphere becomes a meteorite. Traces of meteorites weighing from several grams to several tonnes have been found on Earth.

1016_03_58464 Even though the Moon is 378,000 km away from Earth, its gravitational force is strong enough to move the oceans. When Earth rotates so that a mass of water is facing the Moon, water rises in its direction: this bulge produces a high tide. At the same time, the Moon?s gravitational pull on water on the other side of Earth is much weaker. This water is affected by the centrifugal force created by the rotation of the Earth?Moon system and tends to bulge outward, creating another high tide. If Earth were made only of rigid materials, it would still be deformed by the action of these two forces and would be egg-shaped.

1016_03_58462 It is thought that the Moon was born from a catastrophic collision between Earth and a huge asteroid. The impact propelled into space enormous quantities of matter from Earth and the destroyed object. Under Earth?s gravity, the debris began to orbit Earth and became amalgamated to form the Moon.

1016_03_58449 Saturn, with a yellowish tint, is the second-largest planet in the solar system. Like Jupiter, it is made almost entirely of hydrogen and helium. Its famous rings cover a distance of some 300,000 km in diameter ? almost the distance separating Earth from the Moon ? but their maximum thickness is only a few hundred meters.

1016_03_58327 Another symbol is used to indicate a product that has been made from recycled materials.

1016_03_58326 Products containing recyclable materials are designated by a special symbol. A numerical code (from 1 to 7) in the center of the symbol distinguishes different plastic materials, and this facilitates manual sorting.

1016_03_58324 The overband magnetic separating drum uses a magnet placed over the conveyor belt to attract ferrous particles from a mixture and take them off the chain via a disposal strip. When the magnetic attraction ceases, the objects fall into a separate container. This system can be placed at several steps in the sorting chain.

1016_03_58322 DDT, one of the most effective insecticides used in agriculture, passes from the soil to plants, then to herbivores, carnivores, and finally to superpredators. While biomass diminishes as we go up the food chain, the quantity of DDT is transmitted with very little loss. Its concentration therefore increases at each nutritional level, and organisms at the top of the chain (such as humans) have the highest proportion. DDT, which upsets the endocrine system and can cause cancer, is now banned in many countries.

1016_03_58305 The green part represent the pollution from the land: 24% is from accidental pollution and 20% is from deliberate pollution. The blue part represent the pollution in the sea: 46% is from accidental pollution and 10% is from deliberate pollution.

1016_03_58266 An image created from visible radiation shows the continents and oceans under partial cloud cover. The absence of cloud cover over the Sahara reveals the anticyclonic conditions above it.

1016_03_58226 While we see a lightning flash almost the instant it occurs, thunder reaches us after a slight delay, since sound travels more slowly than light. If we count the number of seconds in the delay and divide it by three, we can estimate our distance (in kilometers) from the site where the strike occurred.

1016_03_58225 As it is transmitted to the surrounding air, the great heat (30,000°C) of a strike causes the air to expand suddenly, then contract. These two movements create a shock wave that is transformed into a sound wave, thunder.

1016_03_58221 Each wavelength has a different angle of refraction. White light from the Sun is thus dispersed by each raindrop into beams of colored light that cover the entire visible spectrum, from red to violet. We actually see only one color per raindrop, but the huge number of tiny prisms forms a range of colors in our perception: a rainbow.

1016_03_58160 Most of the tornadoes in North America occur in the central United States, in a ?tornado belt? comprising the states of Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, and Nebraska. In this region, the combination of warm winds from the Gulf of Mexico and cold winds from Canada creates ideal conditions for the formation of mesocyclones, especially in April and May. In the southeastern part of the continent (Florida, Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi), tornado season occurs earlier, between January and March. The western United States, protected by the Rocky Mountains, is practically tornado-free.

1016_03_58144 At a very high altitude (between 6,000 m and 15,000 m), very strong winds blow from west to east around Earth. These are the jet streams, which are divided into polar systems (at about 60° latitude) and subtropical systems (above the tropics). The jet stream is shaped like a flattened tube several hundred kilometers wide.

1016_03_58141 From data obtained by weather satellites, computers produce maps simulating the general circulation of winds in Earth?s atmosphere. The.arrows indicate the direction of the winds, while the color zones indicate their speed. This image shows surface winds over the Pacific Ocean.

1016_03_57998 Contrary to popular belief, the cycle of the seasons?that is, the periodic change of climate over the months?is due not to Earth?s distance from the Sun, but to its inclination: our planet?s axis of rotation leans about 23.5° in relation to the ecliptic (the path of Earth?s orbit). This inclination is directly responsible for the variation in sunshine hours, and thus the succession of seasons, throughout the year.

1016_03_57992 The salinity of seawater is the amount of salt dissolved.in the water. On average, seawater contains 35 g of salt per liter. The more enclosed the sea, the higher its salinity. For example, salinity is lower than average in the North Pacific Ocean (32 g/l), but higher than average in the Red Sea (40 g/l). The Dead Sea is the saltiest body of water in the world, with a salinity of 330 g/l, and the Baltic Sea is one of the least salty, with a salinity of only 8 g/l. The balance between water evaporation from the oceans and precipitation is responsible for differences in salinity. Under subtropical anticyclones such as those in the Azores, evaporation is very high, and so the seawater is saltier. On the other hand, the equatorial region is subjected to strong and frequent rainfall, which results in a lower salinity level in seawater around the equator.

1016_03_57991 Water and the atmosphere are constantly exchanging energy in the form of heat. The surface temperature of.the seas and oceans thus plays a fundamental role in the regulation of atmospheric processes. Measurement of seawater temperature enables us to follow the evolution of climatic phenomena, such as El Nin?o, and ocean currents, such as the Gulf Stream, and to predict the formation of cyclones. Seawater temperature also provides information on the development of phytoplankton and shoals of fish. The distribution of surface temperatures is linked to hours of sunlight, which, in turn, depends on the latitude. The temperature of the oceans ranges from 28°C, near the equator, to ?2°C, in the high latitudes (north and south), closely following the distribution of solar radiation that reaches the surface of the water.

1016_03_57959 Like cyclones, tornadoes result from the circling of ascending winds around a low- pressure zone. Tornadoes are notable for their short duration (a few minutes) and the violence of the winds they generate.

1016_03_57954 TOPEX/Poseidon, a Franco-American satellite placed in an orbit of 1,330 km altitude in 1992, measures the height of the oceans around the planet. In June 1998, the large mass of cold water that began to migrate from west to east indicated the arrival of La Nin?a.

1016_03_57946 The equatorial zone of the Pacific Ocean is normally affected by the trade winds. Pushed by these constant winds, the surface water slowly moves from South America toward Southeast Asia, creating a mass of warm water that gradually swells through thermal expansion. Evaporation of warm surface water causes clouds to form, and the trade winds push these westward. Warm, humid air rises near Asia, while masses of cool, dry air descend near the South American coast. This atmospheric circulation, called the Walker cell, affects the climate of the entire Pacific zone: while the seasonal monsoon rains pour down on Asia, an anticyclone settles in over the South American coast.

1016_03_57945 The equatorial zone of the Pacific Ocean is normally affected by the trade winds. Pushed by these constant winds, the surface water slowly moves from South America toward Southeast Asia, creating a mass of warm water that gradually swells through thermal expansion. Evaporation of warm surface water causes clouds to form, and the trade winds push these westward. Warm, humid air rises near Asia, while masses of cool, dry air descend near the South American coast. This atmospheric circulation, called the Walker cell, affects the climate of the entire Pacific zone: while the seasonal monsoon rains pour down on Asia, an anticyclone settles in over the South American coast.

1016_03_57944 The equatorial zone of the Pacific Ocean is normally affected by the trade winds. Pushed by these constant winds, the surface water slowly moves from South America toward Southeast Asia, creating a mass of warm water that gradually swells through thermal expansion. Evaporation of warm surface water causes clouds to form, and the trade winds push these westward. Warm, humid air rises near Asia, while masses of cool, dry air descend near the South American coast. This atmospheric circulation, called the Walker cell, affects the climate of the entire Pacific zone: while the seasonal monsoon rains pour down on Asia, an anticyclone settles in over the South American coast.

1016_03_57942 The sterilization of its soil is the result of a half century of intensive agriculture. Traditionally, the periodic monsoon rains ensured wild vegetation in the region, and this protected the land from the Sun?s heat and returned humidity to the atmosphere, thus contributing to the water cycle. In cultivated fields, on the other hand, solar rays are absorbed directly by the soil, causing it to dry out.

1016_03_57923 Between 1970 and 2000, the Arctic pack ice lost more than 10% of its area, dropping from 13.5 to 12 million square kilometers. It has also become much thinner. Although the melting of ocean ice does not cause the sea level to rise, it does allow the water to absorb more solar rays, which intensifies global warming. Arctic regions should see a much greater increase in temperature than the rest of the planet.

1016_03_57867 In the periglacial zones of North America and Asia (beyond the areas of permanent ice and snow), the lower layers of the ground never thaw (permafrost). Only a few patches of unfrozen land provide deep water circulation, connecting the water table to the surface. As the temperature rises in the spring, the top layer of the ground (the mollisol, or active layer) thaws. The thickness of this layer, which varies from a few centimeters to a few meters depending on the latitude and temperature, determines the type of vegetation that grows on it: tundra (moss, lichens, grass, dwarf shrubs) or taiga (conifers).

1016_03_57801 A city located in a valley or basin, such as London, may be subjected to smog if its winters are humid. Clouds keep solar rays from warming the surface air, so it stays cold, humid, and polluted, which maintains and accentuates the phenomenon.

1016_03_57794 There are particular areas in the world where pockets of magma from Earth?s mantle rise very slowly to the surface. These places are called ?hot spots.? As magma pierces Earth?s crust, it collects and gradually begins to form small volcanic mountains in the middle of the tectonic plate. The positions of these volcanoes show the movement of the tectonic plates, which are floating on the mantle. As the plates slide, the rising magma creates a new volcano that slowly burns out. In the ocean, hot spots can be identified by the chains of volcanic islands they usually form. The islands of the Hawaiian Archipelago in the middle of the Pacific Ocean were created in this way.

1016_03_57793 Landform built up as lava and ash are ejected from the upper mantle during successive eruptions, accumulating and solidifying on the surface.

1016_03_57788 Rainwater seeps into the ground and then rises to the surface in the form of a spring flowing down hills and mountains. As it is fed by more springs and meltwater from glaciers, it becomes a mountain stream, and then a young river. It continues flowing down the mountain, following steep slopes and forming waterfalls. The river carves out deep gorges, then broadens. Fed by tributaries, it becomes a large river. As it grows wider, the river forms meanders. Often, a delta forms at its mouth, saturated with the sediments that it has transported. Finally, it flows into the ocean. Water evaporation in the oceans forms clouds. The hydrologic cycle starts over.

1016_03_57783 Strong and bendable, iron is the most widely used metal in the world. It can be turned into wrought iron or into steel, a very strong alloy used in the construction of bridges. Iron is often extracted from an ore called hematite.

1016_03_57782 Both light and strong, aluminum is used in the manufacturing of airplanes, cars, aluminum foil, and compact discs. It is extracted from an ore called bauxite.

1016_03_57779 Biosphere: the part of the Earth where life is possible; it extends from the floor of the oceans to the summit of the highest mountains (about 12 mi).

1016_03_53562 Gently rounded or capped by tall peaks, mountains are the planet?s most striking showpieces. They are also Earth?s highest land features. Many of these massive, often steep formations are located along the edges of continents. They may form chains, or ranges, that extend for thousands of miles (or kilometers). The principal mountain ranges include the Rocky Mountains and the Andes, which run from North America all the way down through South America,.the Atlas Mountains in Africa, the Himalayas in Asia, and.the Alps in Europe. The longest mountain range in the world is at the bottom of the ocean! It measures more than 40,000 miles (65,000 km) long and reaches several miles (or kilometers) high.