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What causes mountain chains?
Mountains form where two continental plates collide. Since both plates have a similar thickness and weight, neither one will sink under the other. Instead, they crumple and fold until the rocks are forced up to form a mountain range. As the plates continue to collide, mountains will get taller and taller.
Which one of the following is a new mountain chain?
The correct answer is the Himalayas. Himalayas: The Himalayas mountain range began to form between 40 and 50 million years ago. 225 million years ago India was a large island situated off the Australian coast and separated from Asia by the Tethys Ocean.
What is the difference between a mountain range and a mountain chain?
Each mountain range is a connected series of mountain peaks (i.e., large rock masses that rise abruptly above the surrounding landscape). Mountain chains may be a thousand or more kilometers long and hundreds of kilometers wide. Mountain chains are formed by the interplay of endogenic and exogenic processes.
What is a row of mountain?
A chain or a row of mountains is called a range. A chain of mountains is known as mountain range.
Which of the following is called a chain of mountains?
Answer: A chain of mountain is called summits.
What is another word for mountain chain?
synonyms for mountain chain
- sierra.
- Alps.
- Andes.
- Himalayas.
- Rockies.
- Rocky Mountains.
- chain.
- range.
Which of the following mountain is called relict mountains?
9. Which of the following mountain is called relict mountains? Explanation: The Nilgiri Mountains form part of the Western Ghats in western Tamil Nadu of Southern India. According to the geographer, all the mountains of the Peninsular India with the exception of the Aravalli’s are Relict Mountain.
What is the difference between a mountain and a ridge?
@peterf A mountain range is a series of mountains together in one region, such as the Pyrénées in France or the Andes. A ridge is the top of a mountain usually flat and horizontal rather than than a point. If the mountain ends in a point it is called a peak.
What is a pass through the mountains called?
A mountain pass is a navigable route through a mountain range or over a ridge. At lower elevations it may be called a hill pass.