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How is a mountian made?

Mountains are formed in various ways. They can be formed by erosion, the collision of tectonic plates, volcanic eruptions, or when hot magma rises from the earths mantle and lifts the sedimentary layer of the earth's crust.


What mountains formed during the Cenozoic era?

ural mountains and applachain mountains


When forces inside earth push up the crust what mountains are formed?

When forces inside the Earth push up the crust, fold mountains are formed. Examples of fold mountains include the Himalayas, the Alps, and the Andes. These mountains are typically characterized by long linear ridges and valleys.


What are the types of mountains?

There are three main types of mountains. block mountains formed by sections of the earth's crust that have been tilted or lifted up by the movement of two close fault lines, large cracks in the earth's surface. These are usually smaller than other types of mountains and are often separated by valleys. Volcanic mountains are formed by magma that is pushed out of the earth through a crack or weak place in the earth's crust. Fold mountains are formed when rock is "squeezed" together. When plates collide, the rock along the edges crumples, creating a huge zig-zag pattern in layers of the earth's crust. Upwarped mountains are formed when magma pushes up the earth's crust without breaking the surface. This creates a rounded mountain that gently slopes toward the surrounding land.


What era was the Appalachians mountains formed?

Mountains first appeared in the Paleozoic Era.

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How does the three major mountains form?

The three major mountains are formed through faulting.


What are the three ways compound words can be formed?

what are the ways in forming compound words


Name three ways mountains are formed?

When the land pushes against each other and it make them rise, rivers wash away the land and makes them, and the rocks were leveled and the eventually fell


What are the three types of mountains formed by volcanoes?

Cinder Cone, Shield, and Strato.


What three ways mountains form?

tectonc forces, volcanic action.................................................


What are three ways mountains form along plate boundaries?

Transform, Divergent, and Convergent


What are three ways mountains can form along plate boundaries?

Transform, Divergent, and Convergent


How are the three types of mountains different?

The three types of mountains are volcanic mountains, folded mountains, and fault-block mountains. Volcanic mountains are formed from volcanic activity, folded mountains are created from tectonic plate movements and compression, and fault-block mountains are the result of faults in the Earth's crust causing blocks of land to move up or down.


What are the three types of non-boundary mountains?

The three types of non-boundary mountains are volcanic mountains, dome mountains, and fault-block mountains. Volcanic mountains form from volcanic activity, dome mountains are created by the uplifting of large blocks of crust, and fault-block mountains are formed when large crustal blocks are uplifted along faults.


When were the Jura Mountains formed?

The Jura Mountains are in the western Alps. They were formed in three stages, in the Lias (early Jurassic), Dogger, and Malm geologic periods.


How apposition mountains formed?

There are no such mountains.


What types of mountains are formed by volcanic activity?

Volcanic activity can form fold mountains or block mountains. Fold mountains are formed when tectonic plates collide. Block mountains are formed when fault block shifts.