Barisan Mountains

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The Barisan Mountains are a long volcanic mountain range forming the rugged backbone of the Indonesian island of Sumatra.


Statements (49)
Predicate Object
instanceOf mountain range
volcanic mountain range
volcano
contains Bukit Barisan Selatan National Park
Gunung Leuser National Park
Kerinci Seblat National Park
Lake Toba caldera margins
Mount Dempo NERFINISHED
Mount Kerinci
Mount Marapi (Sumatra)
Mount Sinabung
Mount Talang
habitat of Sumatran orangutan
habitat of Sumatran rhinoceros
habitat of Sumatran tiger
continent Asia
country Indonesia
Indonesia
drainageDivideFor rivers flowing to Indian Ocean
rivers flowing to Strait of Malacca
ecoregion montane forest
tropical rainforest
extendsFrom northwestern Sumatra
extendsTo southeastern Sumatra
featureType orogenic belt
forms backbone of Sumatra
geologicalAge Cenozoic
geologicalFeature volcanic arc
geologicalOrigin subduction of Indo-Australian Plate beneath Eurasian Plate
hasActivity frequent seismic activity
frequent volcanic eruptions
highestPoint Mount Kerinci
IndonesianName Pegunungan Barisan
influences climate of Sumatra
knownFor endemic species
high biodiversity
languageOfName Indonesian
locatedIn Barisan Mountains
Sumatra Island NERFINISHED
Western Indonesia
locatedOn Sumatra
orientation northwest–southeast
parallelTo western coast of Sumatra
partOf Bukit Barisan mountain system
Pacific Ring of Fire
Sunda Arc
separates interior basins of Sumatra
western coastal plains of Sumatra
terrain rugged

Referenced by (11)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Mount Kerinci ("Bukit Barisan")
West Sumatra
mountainRange
Barisan Mountains ("Bukit Barisan mountain system")
Mount Kerinci ("Bukit Barisan mountain range")
partOf
Sumatra subduction zone
associatedWith
Sumatra
hasMountainRange
Mount Kerinci ("Bukit Barisan mountain range")
highestPointOf
Barisan Mountains ("Pegunungan Barisan")
IndonesianName
Mount Kerinci
locatedIn
Minangkabau ("Bukit Barisan range")
traditionalHomeland
Mount Kerinci
within

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