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List of mountain ranges in Asia

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This is a list of mountain ranges in Asia.

Lists

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Name Country 'Approx. length (km) Highest mountain 'Max height (m)
Al Hajar Mountains Oman, United Arab Emirates 500 Jebel Shams 3,009[1]
Alagalla Mountain Range
(Potato Range)
Sri Lanka 1,140
Alay Mountains
(Alai Mountains)
Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan 350 Pik Tandykul 5,544
Alborz Iran 900[2] Damavand 5,625[3]
Altai Mountains Russia, China, Mongolia, Kazakhstan 2,000 Belukha 4,506
Annamite Range Laos, Viet Nam 1,100 Phou Bia 2,819
Anti-Lebanon Lebanon, Syria 150 Mount Hermon 2,814
Mount Apo Mindanao, Philippines Mount Apo 2,954
Aravalli Range India 692 Guru Shikhar 1,722
Asir Mountains Saudi Arabia, Yemen Jabal Sawda 3,000 approx.
Barisan Mountains Indonesia 1,700 Mount Kerinci 3,800
Caraballo Mountains Philippines 1,588
Cardamom Mountains
(Krâvanh Mountains)
Cambodia, Thailand 300 Phnom Aural 1,813
Caucasus Mountains Russia, Georgia, Azerbaijan, Armenia, Turkey 1,100 Mount Elbrus 5,642
Central Mountain Range
(Taiwan Mountains)
Taiwan Xiuguluan Mountain 3,860
Chukotka Mountains Russia 1,300 Iskhodnaya 1,843
Chersky Range Russia 1,500 Peak Pobeda 3,003
Chagai Hills Pakistan 130 Malik Naru 2,412
Cordillera Central Philippines Mount Pulag 2,922
Crocker Mountains Malaysia Mount Kinabalu 4,095
Dzhugdzhur Mountains Russia 700 Mount Topko 1,906
Eastern Ghats India Arma Konda[4] 1,680
Galyat Pakistan Miranjani 2,992
Haraz Mountains Yemen
Hijaz Mountains Saudi Arabia Jabal Werqaan 2,393
Himalaya Nepal, Bhutan, China, India, Pakistan 2,400 Mount Everest 8,848
Hindu Kush Afghanistan, Pakistan 800 Tirich Mir 7,708
Hindu Raj Pakistan Koyo Zom 6,872
Japanese Alps
*Hida Mountains
*Kiso Mountains
*Akaishi Mountains
Japan
105
65
120

Mount Hotaka
Mount Kisokoma
Mount Kita

3,190
2,956
3,193
Kabir Kuh Iran, Iraq 175 Kan Seifi 3,050
Karakoram Pakistan, China, India 500 K2 8,611
Khibiny Mountains
(Khibinsky Mountains)
Russia Yudychvumchorr 1,201
Khingan Mountains
(Greater Khingan)
China 1,200 2,035
Kitanglad Mountain Range Philippines Mount Dulang-dulang 2,941
Kirthar Mountains Pakistan 310 Zardak Peak 2,151
Knuckles Mountain Range
(Dumbara)
Sri Lanka 1,863[5]
Kolyma Mountains
(Gydan Mountains)
Russia 1,300 Gora Nevskaya 1,828
Koryak Mountains Russia 880 Mount Ledianaia 2,562[6]
Kunlun Mountains China (Tibet) 3,000 Liushi Shan 7,167
Kuray Mountains Russia 3,446[7]
Lower Himalayan Range
(Lesser Himalaya,
Mahabharat Range)
India, Nepal, Bhutan 2,400[8]
Margalla Hills Pakistan Tilla Charouni 1,604
Mount Carmel Israel 39 525
Mount Lebanon Lebanon 180 3090
Pamir Mountains Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, Afghanistan, China Kongur Tagh 7,649
Paropamisus Mountains Afghanistan 3,592 m
Pontic Mountains Turkey 1,000 Mount Kaçkar 3,937
Salt Range Pakistan 175[9] Sakesar 1,522
Sayan Mountains Russia, Mongolia 1,500 Mönkh Saridag 3,492
Sierra Madre Philippines 680 Mount Guiwan 1,915
Sikhote-Alin Russia 900 Tordoki Yani 2,090
Siwalik Range
(Churia Hills, Sub-himalaya, Outer Himalaya)
India, Nepal, Bhutan 2,400[10]
Spīn Ghar (Safed Koh) Afghanistan, Pakistan 160[11] Mount Sikaram 4,761
Stanovoi Range Russia 900 2,460[12]
Sulaiman Mountains Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iran 483[13] Loe Nekan 3,578
Taurus Mountains Turkey 1,500[14] Mount Ararat 5,137[15]
Tian Shan
(Celestial Mountains)
China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan 2,900 Jengish Chokosu 7,439
Titiwangsa Mountains Malaysia 480 Gunung Korbu 2,183
Toba Kakar Range Afghanistan, Pakistan 360[16] Takht-i-Sulaiman[17] 3,449[18]
Ural Mountains Russia 2,500 Mount Narodnaya 1,895
Verkhoyansk Range Russia 1,100 Mus-Khaya 2,959
Western Ghats India 1,600 Anamudi 2,695
Zagros Mountains Iran, Iraq 1,800[14] Qash-Mastan (Dena) 4,409
Zambales Mountains Philippines 180 Mount Tapulao 2,037
Zamboanga Cordilleras Philippines Mount Timolan 1,137

References

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