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What are fold mountains and give an example?

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Instructions: It is a conceptual question.

Answer: Folds are resultant landforms created due to the upward movement of the plate during lateral compression forces. Mountains formed by such folding are called fold mountains.

Examples: Himalayas and Alps.

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Q. Assertion [A]: The Andes Mountains are an example of young fold mountains.

Reason [R]: Over ten million years ago, the tectonic plates near South America collided with each other to form a range of fold mountains.

Which of the following is an example of the fold mountain?

Q. Which of the following is an example of old folded mountains?

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