Distingush between block mountain and fold mountain
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Fold Mountains:
Fold mountains are developed when deposited rock strata in geosynclines are subjected to compressive forces.
Fold mountains are the loftiest mountains . They are seen along continental margins.
Fold mountains come under the group of youngest mountains of the earth.
Fold mountains are of great lengths but their width is considerably small.
They have a concave slope on one side and a convex slope on the other.
Recurrent seismic is a property of folded mountain belts
Volcanic activity is high in fold mountains
They are rich in tin, copper, gold
Block Mountains:
Block mountains are formed when large areas of earth or blocks of earth were broken and displaced vertically.
The uplifted blocks are called horsts and the lowered blocks are termed graben.
Examples: The valley floor the Great African Rift Valley is graben , the Vosges mountain and The Rhine Valley in Europe.
Block mountains are also referred to as fault block mountains as they are formed because of faulting as a result of compression forcesand tensile.
They are surrounded by faults on either side of grabens.
There are two types of block mountains. Tilted block mountains and Lifted block mountains
Volcanic mountains are formed because of volcanic activity.