Major Landforms of the Earth — Social Studies STD 6 — Question
CBSE BoardEnglish MediumSTD 6Social StudiesMajor Landforms of the Earth5 Marks
Question
What are Fold mountains? Give examples.
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Answer
River brings huge amount of sediments with it and deposits it into the sea.
When the forces from the either sides start acting towards each other, then squeezing or buckling is experienced in the rock strata of the sedimentary deposit.
Due to this buckling, folding takes place. This folding can take place at any scale.
Sometimes the magnitude of compression is so great that it causes the strata of sediments to rise up in the form of a chain which is often termed as mountain chain.
All the great mountains on the earth, for example, Rockies in North America, Andes in South America, Alps in Europe and Himalayas in Asia have been formed in this way.
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