naure.com
GeographySurprise 5/5Difficulty 2/5Reviewed on August 8, 2025

The longest mountain range on Earth is almost entirely underwater.

Why it is true

The mid-ocean ridge is a continuous submarine mountain system that stretches about 65,000 kilometers across the globe, formed by tectonic plates pulling apart.

Source: Geology

Would you rather be asked first?

This is the reading side of the site, so the answer is in the sentence above — that is the whole point of it. Test yourself works the other way round: the question comes on its own, and the fact and the explanation only appear once you have answered.

Test yourself →10-question challenge

Related facts

More in Geography

See all →