Fold Mountains

How Fold Mountains are formed?

• Fold mountains are created where two or more of Earth's tectonic
plates are pushed together. At these colliding, compressing
boundaries, rocks and debris are warped and folded into rocky
outcrops, hills, mountains, and entire mountain ranges.
 Young and Old Fold Mountains
• Old fold mountains are those mountains that have been formed
as a result of the folding of the Earth's crust 100-300 years ago.
The Aravalli Mountains in India are old fold mountains.
• Himalayas are called young fold mountains because they began
forming 25-50 million years ago and continue to increase in
elevation even today. 
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