The largest mountain range, by far, is known as the mid-ocean range system and the vast majority of it is under the ocean.

Iran's folded rocks are a colorful formation that is part of the Greater Caucasus mountains, which formed when the Eurasian tectonic plate collided with the Arabian plate millions of years ago.

Where plates serving landmasses collide, the crust crumples and buckles into mountain ranges. India and Asia crashed about 55 million years ago, slowly giving rise to the Himalaya, the highest ...

De-Graft: I’m in Wales, finding out about the country’s tallest mountain - Snowdon. It takes a good few hours to walk up and down it. But thankfully there’s a train you can catch too.

A recent study has pinpointed the origin of a 120-million-year-old 'super-eruption,' shedding new light on Earth's intricate ...

Plate tectonics is the theory that Earth's outer layer is made up of plates, which have moved throughout Earth's history. The theory explains the how and why behind mountains, volcanoes ...

Some mountain ranges are formed when two sections of the Earth’s outer surface, called tectonic plates, push against each other and the pressure forces the ground up. Not all mountains are ...

Experts say portions of the continent are pulling apart, creating the possibility that the Horn of Africa will become an ...

The Rainbow Mountains are located in the foothills ... The bunching of the land by plate tectonics was followed by intense erosion, which wiped away any sediment covering the colorful layers.

Geologists led by the University of Maryland and the University of Hawaiʻi finally connected the dots between one of the ...

A 2,500 km long line of volcanoes, with 80 volcanic mountains and 41 historically ... boundary between the Pacific and North American tectonic plates. A subduction zone, composed of the deep ...

It’s not just responsible for creating the tallest mountains on the planet ... “With a clearer three-dimensional image of how tectonic plates interact, scientists can better comprehend ...