MOUNTAIN range in the world.It rises almost 610 METERS (2,000 feet) above the flat agricultural fields of the Great Valley of central California.The Sutter Buttes are remnants of a volcano that was active approximately 1.6 to 1.4 million years ago during the Pleistocene Epoch. The UralsThe Urals, are a mountain range that runs approximately from north to SOUTH through western Russia, from the coast of the Arctic Ocean to the river Ural and northwestern Kazakhstan. The mountain range forms part of the conventional boundary between the continents of Europe and Asia.AlpsThe Alps are the most extensive mountain range system that lies entirely in Europe and stretches approximately 1,200 km across eight ALPINE countries: France, Switzerland, Monaco, Italy, Liechtenstein, Austria, Germany, and Slovenia.Sierra NevadaThe Sierra NEVADA is a mountain range in the Western United States, between the Central Valley of California and the Great Basin.The vast majority of the range lies in the state of California.