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State and explain the different types of Mountains.​

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Answered by Anonymous
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Answer:

A mountain is an elevated portion of the Earth's crust, generally with steep sides that show significant exposed bedrock. A mountain differs from a plateau in having a limited summit area, and is larger than a hill, typically rising at least 300 metres (1000 feet) above the surrounding land

There are three types of mountains » block mountain, fold mountain, volcanic mountains

Answered by lovingheart
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Mountain is the landform, it is the large natural elevation of the earth's crust.

Explanation:

  • There are three main types of mountains.
  • They are fold mountains, block mountains and volcanic mountains.
  • Other than three there are dome and plateau type of mountains are present.
  • Compare to hill mountain is large.
  • Compare to surrounding area mountains are rising at least 300 metres.
  • Fold mountains are formed along convergent plate boundaries.
  • When a tectonic plate are collide to form folds it is called fold mountains.
  • Example of fold mountains are the alps in europe, himalayan mountains in asia and the urals in russia.
  • Block mountains are formed when large areas are cracks in the earth surface displaced vertically.
  • The rhine valley and the harz mountains in germany are the examples of block mountains.
  • Volcanic mountain formed due to volcanic activity.
  • Mt. Kilimanjaro and mount pinatubo in the philippines are the examples of volcanic mountains.

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