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Locate the Himalayas, Andes and Rockies mountains. Why were they formed in those locations? Suggest reasons

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1) Himalayas 

2) Rockies mountains 

3) Andes mountains Reasons: 

1. Fold mountains are mountains formed from the folding of the earth’s crust. 

2. The Himalayas, the Andes and the Rockies are fold mountains. 

3. These fold mountains are formed when two plates move together.

4. The Himalayan mountains were formed by the process of Indian plate pushing the Eurasian plate. 

5. The forces of plate tectonics are responsible for the formation of Andes. 

6. The Nazce plate and a part of the Antarctica plate have been subducting beneath the South American plate. 

7. The Rockey mountains took shape during an intense period of plate tectonic activity that resulted in much of the rugged landscape of the Western North America. 

8. The Laramide Orogeny was responsible for raising the Rocky mountains.

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