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[–] wildginger@lemmy.myserv.one 32 points 1 year ago (1 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.

[–] Serisar@feddit.de 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.

[–] calculusqu33n@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago

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