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The mountains of the Basin and Range province formed from extensional tectonic forces that caused the Earth's crust to stretch and thin out, resulting in horst and graben structures. This extensional tectonics created alternating blocks of uplifted mountains and down-dropped valleys, giving the region its characteristic basin-and-range topography.
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In a mountain range you observe a series of anticlines and synclines and numerous thrust faults how would you classify the type of mountains in this mountain range?
The mountain range likely formed due to compressional forces in the Earth's crust, leading to the folding of rocks into anticlines and synclines, as well as thrust faulting. This suggests the mountains are likely fold mountains, which form from the compression and folding of crustal rocks.
How do fault-block mountains form?
when a colliding boundary collides and pushes up a mountain. an example of a fault block mtn. range is the Himalayas. Actually the previous answer is incorrect. They form when the tenison pu on Earth is so great that it caused large blocks of rock to move down relative to the other causing a change in elevation and a moutain to form. The previous answer was how folded mountains form....
What kind of mountains form from vertical fault movement?
Fault-block mountains form from vertical fault movement. These mountains are created when blocks of the Earth's crust are pushed up and down along fault lines, resulting in steep, jagged peaks and valleys. An example of a fault-block mountain range is the Sierra Nevada in California.
Where does the freshwater of coast range originate?
The freshwater of the Coast Range originates from precipitation in the form of rain and snow. This precipitation collects in rivers and streams that flow down from the mountains and provide a source of freshwater to the coastal areas.
How do fault block mountains form?
when a colliding boundary collides and pushes up a mountain. an example of a fault block mtn. range is the Himalayas. Actually the previous answer is incorrect. They form when the tenison pu on Earth is so great that it caused large blocks of rock to move down relative to the other causing a change in elevation and a moutain to form. The previous answer was how folded mountains form....
What mountains form the vast basin that contains half the area of the US?
The Rocky Mountains (the backbone of North America).
Which is the largest mountains in the world?
The largest mountains in the world are the Himalayas. They form the southern border of Tibet, a province of China.
What mountain range runs along Tennessee's eastern boundary and North Carolina's western boundary?
The ridge of the Great Smokey Mountains form the boundary between Tennessee and North Carolina. They are a subrange of the Appalachian range and a part of the Blue Ridge Physiographic Province. To the West is the Cumberland Plateau.
What is the name for the mountains that run along the coast if California?
The mountains that run along California's coastline are the Coast Range Mountains. The tallest mountain in California is Mount Whitney and the range that separates California and Nevada is the Sierra Nevada Mountains.
What is the name of the mountain range that form a natural border between France and Spain?
Nature has provided the Pyrenees Mountains as the boundary between France and Spain.
What is west of sydney?
The Blue Mountains, which form part of the Great Dividing Range.
What is range of mountain called?
it is called a mountain belt
What are a group of mountains called?
A group of mountains are called mountain ranges.
Mountains that form When two continents collied are the?
The Himalayan mountain range of Tibet was formed when the Indian Plate and the Eurasian Plate collided nearly 50 million years ago. It is the world's current mountain range and includes the world's tallest mountain, Mount Everest.
What is basin ranges of a mountains?
To rephrase the question, What is the basin and range? ANSWER: The basin and range is located in the western United States. It is caused by the Slab Window. It is expansion zone that the continent has overridden. This caused the western United States to stretch. The stretching occurred along the parallels (in an eastern and western direction). Because of this, it left many valleys (Basins) including Owens, Panamint, and Death Vally. It also created mountain ranges including the Sierra Nevada, White Mountains, Panamint Range, and the Black Mountains. These Basins and Ranges run north to south or south to north due to the pulling that is perpendicular to direction of the basins and ranges. This area is located in the Great Basin. I large area that covers about a 1/5 of the United States. This area dose not drain to the ocean, so many lakes and dry lake beds form here. Lakes include Mono Lake and Salt Lake. Dry lake beds better know as playas in the academic world include el Mirage and the Bad Water Basin.
What mountains range form northern border of India?
the Himalayan mountain and the karakoram mountain
What is the groups that mountain form called?
A group of mountains is called a mountain range. The himalayas is the largest mountain range with some of the tallest mountains, such as Mount Everest in Nepal and K2 in Pakistan
