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I think 'the' should be dropped, unless particular mountains or sea are the subject. i.e. "I made trips to Carpatians and Baltic Sea, but I like the mountains more than I like the sea.
By grammar theory, yes. However, I believe it's fine in this context, and this sentence sounds completely natural to me. Perhaps a way to justify it would be as follows:
As you're comparing landscapes, you have a finite set of landscapes to choose from (i.e. mountains, sea, fields, jungles, forests, deserts, etc.), in which case each one is a particular object in your set. In this context, you're not interested in differentiating between different mountains but see them as one cohesive whole that is to be compared against the others. So, what you really have is:
the landscape consisting of mountains --> the mountains
the landscape consisting of sea(s) --> the sea
in abbreviated form.
Now, that may be a good explanation, or it may be complete nonsense, but in any case this sentence sounds completely natural to me :-)
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I like the mountains more than I like the sea.
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