most fold mountains occur at margins of plates why?
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Fold mountains occur at margins of plates because they form when two plates with landmasses on them move towards each other. Fold mountains form along both destructive and collision plate boundaries. The plates push layers of accumulated sediment in the sea into folds between them. This becomes a fold mountain range. Most fold mountains continue to grow as the plates constantly move. For example the Himalayas, Andes and the Alps.
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The Formation of Fold Mountains at Collision Margins: These occur less frequently, but two excellent examples are the Himalayas, where the Indian plate is moving North and East towards the stationary European plate, and the Alps, formed by the collision between the African and Eurasian plates.
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