Question

Himalayas are young fold mountains. How were they formed?

Answer 1

The Himalayas are called as the young fold mountains due to the very fact that these mountains were created by the lift due to the subduction of the Indian plate under the Eurasian continental plate around 40 - 50 million years ago.

The Himalayas comprises mostly of the sedimentary and the metamorphic rocks. They were formed as a result of the Indian plate colliding with the Eurasian plate there by folding the Eurasian plate leading to the birth of the Himalayas and the Tibetan plateau.

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Answer 2

Most of the mountain ranges of the world, such as the Himalayas, the Alps, the Rockies and the Andes are fold mountains. As these mountains have been formed recently, they are also known as young fold mountains..

Originally, the rock strata of the fold mountains was laid down as sediments in water bodies. The rock strata was later uplifted by the horizontal compressional forces which crumpled the top layer of the sediments into arches and troughs...