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TIL The Scottish Highlands, the Appalachians, and the Atlas are the same mountain range (vividmaps.com)

submitted 2 days ago by cm0002@libretechni.ca to c/til@lemmy.ca

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[–] dharmacurious@slrpnk.net 6 points 2 days ago

I knew about the Appalachian and Scottish highland connection, but I did not realize the chain extends all the way into Greenland and Scandinavia! Per my quick Google search, it says there are remnants of the same mountain chain in 9 countries!