Question

Why Himalayas are called young folded mountains?

Answer 1

The Himalayas are known as theyoung fold mountains because they have been formed only few million years ago.They were formed because of the folding of the earth's crust due to tectonic activity (fold mountains are formed when two tectonic plates collide with one another).......

Answer 2

Himalayas are regarded to be still in youth because these have been formed in the late Cretaceous-Tertiary Periodi.e. relatively recently in the earth's history, compared to older mountain ranges like the Aravallis in India, and the Appalachian in the USA.They are fold mountains because of the compressive forces involved in the collision of the two continental plates involved, the Asian and the Indian/Australian.Compare the Himalayan mountains with theAppalachian mountains(300my). The Appalachian are "old fold mountains" having been formed hundreds of millions of years ago. I hope the answer was helpful to you If it was please mark it as brainlist ❤️