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The Mid-Atlantic Ridge is the longest mountain range on Earth
This underwater rift mountain chain runs for roughly 16 thousand kilometres
Snaking along the floor of the Atlantic Ocean, the Mid-Atlantic Ridge is a continuous underwater mountain range formed by tectonic plate divergence. It stretches from the Arctic Ocean down to the southern tip of Africa. Most of its peaks lie deep underwater, though Iceland forms a visible surface section.
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The Mid-Atlantic Ridge is the longest mountain range on Earth: the short answers
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- This underwater rift mountain chain runs for roughly 16 thousand kilometres. The figure is taken from NOAA, which is linked in full on this page. Every fact on Mondo Knows names its source rather than repeating an unsourced claim.
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