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becauuse of the gravity of the earth
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What are two types of faults that can result in mountains?
normal and reverse fault can cause mountains
What are the two type of faults can result mountains and why?
normal and reverse fault
What fault is made when compression pushes rocks together?
A reverse fault will occur.
What are the Himalayan mountains a result of?
The Himalayan mountains are the result of the Indian tectonic plate pressing hard (among the fastest-moving plates in the world) northward into the Eurasian plate. The Himalayan mountains are folded mountains, as opposed to volcanoes; they are the result of the land being lifted up by the pressure between two plates.
The Himalayan mountains formed when?
The Himalayan mountains formed when the sub continent of India broke away from Gondwanaland. This happen approximately 55 million years ago.
What type of mountain is the Himalayan mountains?
Intercontinental convergent boundary.
Why are Himalayan mountains reverse mountains?
becauuse of the gravity of the earth
What type of landform is the rocky mountains?
reverse fault
By what type of fault were the sierra mountains formed?
Normal fault, i believe is true.
What type of fault are the Rocky Mountains?
They are dome(up-warped) mountains
What are two types of faults that can result in mountains?
normal and reverse fault can cause mountains
Are the Appalachian mountains fault-block or folded mountains?
yes along with the andes, rockies and himalayas.
What are the two type of faults can result mountains and why?
normal and reverse fault
What type of faults are associated with fault-block mountains?
Yes reverse faults create mountains. this happens by 2 plates collide.
Which continent can you find the Himalayan mountains?
The Himalayan mountains are found in Asia.
Do Yaks live on mountains?
A Himalayan yak lives in Himalayan mountains.
Who are the Himalayan mountains?
they are nobody there mountains
