Which Country Has the Most Mountain Ranges?

China possesses the world's most extensive and diverse mountain systems.

Major Chinese Mountain Ranges

• Himalayas (border with Nepal/India/Bhutan) – includes Everest (8,848 m)
• Karakoram (border with Pakistan/India) – K2 (8,611 m)
• Kunlun Mountains – 3,000 km across NW China
• Tian Shan (Celestial Mountains) – Xinjiang/Kyrgyzstan/Kazakhstan
• Hengduan Mountains – SE Tibet/Yunnan/Sichuan, deep gorges, biodiversity hotspot
• Qinling Mountains – N–S divide between North & South China
• Nanling, Wuyi, Taihang, Greater Khingan, Altai (border) – and many more

China's territory spans the Tibetan Plateau ("Roof of the World"), the Pamir Knot, and the Circum-Pacific belt, concentrating an unparalleled variety of orogenic belts.