Question

What are young fold mountains? Give answer in detail

Answer 1

Himalayas are called young fold mountains because they began forming in the late Cretaceous - Tertiary period and continue to increase in elevation even today. They are called fold mountains due to the compressive forces involved in the collision of the two continental plates - the Asian and the Indian / Australian.

Answer 2

Answer:

Young fold mountains are mountains that are less than 100 million years old. Where the old fold mountains are more than 500 million years old young fold mountains are comparably younger in age. young fold mountains also have ridges, volcanoes, valleys, and major-fault- block ranges