r/Naturewasmetal 6d ago

The East African orogeny resulted in the formation of an enormous mountain chain, known as the Transgondwanan Supermountain, which was more than 8,000 km (5,000 mi)-long and 1,000 km (620 mi)-wide. The sedimentary deposition from this mountain chain is known as the Gondwana Super-fan.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_African_Orogeny
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u/Syncsinksank 3d ago

Was the mountains very tall

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u/Aegishjalmur18 3d ago

Can't find a height estimate anywhere other than being comparable to the Himalayas.

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u/VerGuy 3d ago

Supermountains were massive mountain chains stretching up to 8,000 kilometres long—roughly three to four times the length of the modern Himalayas. Earth had two Supermountain eras: the Nuna Supermountain (2.0 to 1.8 billion years ago) and the Transgondwanan Supermountain (650 to 500 million years ago).

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u/Aegishjalmur18 3d ago

I saw that, but all the hard data is about the length of the chain, not the estimated height of the mountains in the chain.