Question

why does the Philippines have numerous mountains​

Answer 1

Explanation:

because there are several kinds of plate buondaries all over the country and also it is located within the pacific ring of fire.

Answer 2

Philippines have numerous mountains because there are many oceanic plates boundaries and several smaller micro-plates that are sub-ducting, which results in the formation of mountains.

• Philippines is an island group or say collection of islands, containing a small number of scattered islands.
• It is situated on the western perimeter of the Pacific Ring of Fire because of which Philippines experiences often and regular seismic as well as volcanic activities.
• All of the Philippines islands are volcanic in origin, due to which it has several numbers of mountains.
• Because it has numerous mountains, around 20 earthquakes are recorded daily, though most of them are too weak to be felt.