Why the Himalayas are considered to be young fold mountains?
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In India, the Himalayas represent the young fold mountains because they have formed only a few million years ago by a collision of the Eurasian plates as well as the Indo-Australian plates as a result of the Continental drift. Young fold mountains are 10 to 25 million years of age.
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ɪɴ ɪɴᴅɪᴀ, ᴛʜᴇ ʜɪᴍᴀʟᴀyᴀꜱ ʀᴇᴩʀᴇꜱᴇɴᴛ ᴛʜᴇ yᴏᴜɴɢ ꜰᴏʟᴅ ᴍᴏᴜɴᴛᴀɪɴꜱ ʙᴇᴄᴀᴜꜱᴇ ᴛʜᴇy ʜᴀᴠᴇ ꜰᴏʀᴍᴇᴅ ᴏɴʟy ᴀ ꜰᴇᴡ ᴍɪʟʟɪᴏɴ yᴇᴀʀꜱ ᴀɢᴏ ʙy ᴀ ᴄᴏʟʟɪꜱɪᴏɴ ᴏꜰ ᴛʜᴇ ᴇᴜʀᴀꜱɪᴀɴ ᴩʟᴀᴛᴇꜱ ᴀꜱ ᴡᴇʟʟ ᴀꜱ ᴛʜᴇ ɪɴᴅᴏ-ᴀᴜꜱᴛʀᴀʟɪᴀɴ ᴩʟᴀᴛᴇꜱ ᴀꜱ ᴀ ʀᴇꜱᴜʟᴛ ᴏꜰ ᴛʜᴇ ᴄᴏɴᴛɪɴᴇɴᴛᴀʟ ᴅʀɪꜰᴛ. yᴏᴜɴɢ ꜰᴏʟᴅ ᴍᴏᴜɴᴛᴀɪɴꜱ ᴀʀᴇ 10 ᴛᴏ 25 ᴍɪʟʟɪᴏɴ yᴇᴀʀꜱ ᴏꜰ ᴀɢᴇ.
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