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How many fault line does rocky mountain have?

The Rocky Mountains are a series of mountain ranges and not a single fault line. They are the result of a complex geological process involving multiple tectonic plates, faults, and uplift events over millions of years. There is not a specific number of fault lines associated with the Rocky Mountains.


Why does san Andreas get so many earth quakes?

The San Andreas Fault is a major tectonic boundary between the Pacific Plate and the North American Plate, causing stress to build up where the plates meet. When this stress is released, it results in earthquakes along the fault line. The movement of these large tectonic plates along the fault zone is the main reason why the San Andreas region experiences frequent earthquakes.


What major cities are on fault lines?

A large number of cities are built in earthquake zones on or near fault lines. Earthquakes can create nice deep harbours, hills with nice views and other topography to make a good place to build a city (San Francisco is good example). There are far too many cities to list here but many of the cities that have coastline on the Pacific ocean have fault lines nearby....


How Can you Use Fault Zone in A Sentence?

Fault zones are areas where there are many interconnected faults.


Why is California's San Andreas Fault a strike-slip fault?

What you are referring to is a plate boundary. A plate boundary is an area where two tectonic plates are either moving away, moving towards, or moving along each other. San Andreas fault is a plate boundary because the fault is located over two tectonic plates that are moving along each other.

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