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The African and European plates.
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What type of mountain is formed when the earths crust is squeezed together?
It depends on the type of plates coming together but two continental plates will form a mountain chain. An example would be the Indian sub-continent colliding with Asia to form the Himalayas.
What are all the countries that stretch across the Alps?
The Alps are one of the great mountain range systems of Europe, stretching fromAustria and Slovenia in the east, through Italy, Switzerland, Liechtenstein and Germany, to France in the west.
How did the planets and other objects in the solar system form out of material in a disk?
from when an objects crashed into earth and an chunk of rock form
What happened to the Earth as a result of the Moon-forming collision?
A small mini-planet, about the size of Mars, slammed into the Earth. This was when the earth was completely molten, so it knocked some of the lava off the Earth to form a ring around it. Over time that ring crashed together to form the moon.
What tectonic plate pushes against the Eurasian plate to form the alps and other geographical features?
African
What two plates crashed together to form the alps?
The Alps are a result of the collision between Africanand European tectonic plates, during which the western part of the Tethys Ocean, (which was formerly in between these continents), disappeared.
How do the alps form?
by two plates crashing together
Which began to form first the alps or the rocky mountains?
The Rockies began first
Which mountains would have to be created to get form northern Italy to Switzerland?
The Alps are the mountains that would have to be crossed.
What is the name of europe and Asia together?
Europe and Asia form the continent of Eurasia.
Which continents is North to South America?
Together they form the continent of America, or the Americas.
What did wegener hypothesize happen to the continents?
they drifted together to form a single continent
Which mountains form a border with Italy and Switzerland?
The Alps
What is the noun to alpine?
The word 'alpine' (or Alpine) is the adjective form of the proper noun Alps (The Alps is a mountain range in Europe).The adjective 'alpine' describes a noun as of or from The Alps region.
The city of Morelia is located on which continent?
The city of Morelia is a city with a large popluation in Mexico. Mexico, together with Canada and The United States of America, form the North American continent.
Where is the rocky mountains located and how do they form?
the rocky mountains are located in North America. A long time ago, there was one big continent on the planet earth and soon enough, it drifted apart into plates. When those plates crashed together, they forced the earth's crust to go up, and over time the plates were pushed together so much, it forced them really high and they formed the Rocky mountains.
Where is the Alps mountain range in Europe?
The Alps form the northern border of Italy and are found in it as well as France, Switzerland, Germany and Austria.
