連なる

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: 連なる（つらなる） means forming a succession or extending continuously.
• Basic usage: Use it for mountains stretching in a chain or a road leading onward to another place.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• Arrangement versus continuity
  • 並ぶ focuses on things arranged alongside one another; 連なる focuses on a connected succession or continuity.