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What is a mobile belt?
A mobile belt is an elongate, narrow region of crust experiencing tectonic activity (e.g. earthquakes, volcanoes, mountain building). When a mobile belt becomes tectonically inactive it is known as an orogenic belt.
What sequence of events accounts for a mountain belt that is bounded on either side by cratons?
Continent-continent convergenceThe ice age and the subsequent sliding and melting of glaciers account for the mountain belt bounded on either side by craters
Where do most mountain belts form?
Most mountain belts form at places where the Earth's plates move towards one another and the crust is subjected to immense forces. A mountain belt is also called a mountain range.
What is the western metamorphic belt?
The western metamorphic belt occurs along the northwestern foothills of the Sierra Nevada mountain range. It is characterized by a band of faulted and folded metamorphosed sedimentary and volcanic rocks of Paleozoic and Mesozic age.
When a range of mountains can be measured tens to hundreds of kilometers in length as well as width and is located near an active tectonic plate boundary or coast it is called a?
mountain belt. A+
Is a mountain belt or a mountain system larger?
A mountain belt is larger.
Which is larger a mountain range a mountain belt or a mountain system?
A mountain belt is the largest.Then the mountain system is the next largest.Last the mountain range.
How to Describe how an old mountain belt located in the center of a continent most likely formed?
Mountain belts exist because tectonic processes have elevated terrains faster than erosion could destroy them. Three major MORE
Is a mountain system or mountain belt larger?
a mountain belt is larger but some text books do not say the answer. i am only in the 6th grade
What is larger a mountain belt or a mountain range?
mountain range is bigger :)
What is range of mountain called?
it is called a mountain belt
What does mountain range mountain belt and mountain system all have in common?
They are TALL!!
Define mountain range and mountain belt?
A mountain range is a series of mountains that are geologically connected and run in a continuous line. A mountain belt is a larger-scale formation, comprising multiple mountain ranges that are typically parallel or closely related in terms of geology and origin.
Why is a mountain belt bigger than a mountain system?
Because it is!
Is a mountain range a group of mountains?
it is called a mountain belt
What is a group of mountain ranges called?
A group of mountain ranges is called a mountain range system or a mountain chain.
Which is largest a mountain belt or a mountain or a mountain range or a mountain system?
A mountain range is the largest one....of all.
