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Roots of Mother Appalachia (mander.xyz)
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https://www.cntraveler.com/story/appalachian-mountains-may-have-once-been-as-tall-as-the-himalayas

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[–] [email protected] 58 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (9 children)

At their highest it was estimated that the Appalachians were comparable to the Himalayas, with the potential for multiple Everest height mountains along the chain.

[–] [email protected] 33 points 1 year ago (2 children)

They are also only half of the original mountain range, which was split when pangaea split apart.

The other half is now resting across europe, I think along the northern range.

[–] [email protected] 42 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The scottish highlands are the continuation of the appalachians. Those long striations you can easily see on heightmaps is pretty much the most easily noticeable features of both ranges.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Just found a very interesting article on this!! https://vividmaps.com/central-pangean-mountains/

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