What happens when a

continental plate meets a

continental plate?
Collision Plate
Margin

The Himalayas are an

example of fold mountains,
where the rocks are
colliding and folding
together to form
mountains. The Earths
crust is thickest at this
When
continental
point (70km
thick). plates meet continental plates

neither can subduct the other because they both have

the same density. The plates are being forced together
at great pressure so the rocks crumble together and
form massive mountain chains like the Himalayas. The
Himalayas are still growing today as the plates continue

Fold Mountains

Draw a labelled
diagram to show
how fold mountains
are formed

The Andes Mountains fold

mountains formed in South America
at a plate boundary

In poorer parts of the

world fold mountains are
often used by subsistence
farmers who create
terraces on the slopes to
help them to irrigate the
land!

Fold Mountains
Pyrenee
s

Rockie
s

Himalay
as

Southern
Alps
Atla
s

Zagr
os

Ande
s
Alps

Korya
k
Caucasu
s
Sumatra
n

Find the location of at 1 of these and use that as your case

study
You need to know how people use the fold mountains
(eg. Farming, mining, hydro-electric power, tourism and