"Mountains chains are not numerous in the Moon," replied Barbican, "and
in that respect her oreographic system presents a decided contrast with
that of the Earth. With us the ranges are many, the craters few; in the
Moon the ranges are few and the craters innumerable."
Barbican might have spoken of another curious feature regarding the
mountain ranges: namely, that they are chiefly confined to the northern
hemisphere, where the craters are fewest and the "seas" the most
extensive.
For the benefit of those interested, and to be done at once with this
part of the subject, we give in the following little table a list of the
chief lunar mountain chains, with their latitude, and respective
heights in English feet.
_Name._ _Degrees of Latitude._ _Height._
{ _Altai Mountains_ 17 deg. to 28 13,000ft.
Southern { _Cordilleras_ 10 to 20 12,000
Hemisphere. { _Pyrenees_ 8 to 18 12,000
{ _Riphean_ 5 to 10 2,600
{ _Haemus_ 10 to 20 6,300
{ _Carpathian_ 15 to 19 6,000
{ _Apennines_ 14 to 27 18,000
Northern { _Taurus_ 25 to 34 8,500
Hemisphere.
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