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What is the longest mountain range on Earth?

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The global mid-ocean ridge

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The global mid-ocean ridge stretches nearly 65,000 kilometers, and more than 90 percent of it lies underwater.

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The ridge forms where tectonic plates pull apart and new ocean crust is created.

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