Types of mountain creation:
Mountains are formed when:
Also note that 'mountains' are formed at divergent plate boundaries between oceanic plates as a Mid-Ocean Ridge.
There is widespread agreement among geologists that the Himalayas began forming roughly 50-70 million years ago when the northward-moving Indo-Australian tectonic plate began colliding with the relatively stationary Eurasian Plate. The boundary of the collision is called the Tibetan Plateau, which was shattered and pushed upward to form the great Himalyan peaks such as Mt Everest.
First to collide were the leading edges of the continental shelves, where massive amounts of seafloor ocean sediments and sedimentary rock were being tilted and thrust upward. Evidence of this exists on the top of Mt. Everest, the world's highest peak above sea level, where there are ancient marine fossils in abundance.
The Indo-Australian Plate continues to be driven northward, sliding under the Tibetan Plateau at the rate of about 6.7 cm (2.6 inches) per year and causes the Plateau to continue to be pushed upward. The Indo-Australian Plate has slowed to less than half of its original velocity, but it appears likely that it will continue moving northward for roughly another 10 million years, creating a Himalayan-like landscape as far north as 1500 km (930 miles) from the present range of mountains.
The Andes Mountains were formed from volcanism and uplift created by the collision of the Nazca plate with the South American plate.
The Andes Mountain Chain is formed as a result of a convergent plate boundary, the collision of the South American Plate with the Nazca Plate.
A Mountain is formed by the movement of Iithospheric plates, either orogenic movement or epeirogenic movement
Along the western side of the South American continent where the Nazca tectonic plate is colliding with the South American Plate.
The Andes was formed by the oceanic-continental convergence between the western-moving South American plate and subduction of the Nazca oceanic plate.
Convergent Plate Boundary
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The Andes Mountains.
The Andes Mountains, which are located in South America. They are the longest mountain chain in the world
I believe it's Andes Mountains.
The highest mountains in South America are The Andes Mountains.
The Andes Mountains form the 'spine' of South America
The Andes.
the Andes mountains
The Andes form the eastern border of the Atacama Desert.
Rocky and Andes mountain
No chinchillas come form the andes mountains O_o
The main mountain range is the Andes Mountains.
The Andes Mountains are Folded Mountains.
The Andes are a result of the collision of the Nazca Plate and the South American Plate.
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They were formed by deposition and by convergent boundaries
The Andes Mountains