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  2. Fold mountains - Wikipedia

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    Fold mountains form in areas of thrust tectonics, such as where two tectonic plates move towards each other at convergent plate boundary.When plates and the continents riding on them collide or undergo subduction (that is – ride one over another), the accumulated layers of rock may crumple and fold like a tablecloth that is pushed across a table, particularly if there is a mechanically weak ...

  3. Mountain formation - Wikipedia

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    Thrust and reverse fault movement are an important component of mountain formation. Illustration of mountains that developed on a fold that thrusted. Mountain formation refers to the geological processes that underlie the formation of mountains. These processes are associated with large-scale movements of the Earth's crust (tectonic plates). [1]

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  5. Appalachian Mountains - Wikipedia

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    The first mountain range in the region was created when the continents of Laurentia and Amazonia collided, creating a supercontinent called Rodinia. The collision of these continents caused the rocks to be folded and faulted, creating the first mountains in the region.

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  7. Fold and thrust belt - Wikipedia

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    In the south a fold and thrust belt exists as sediments are folded and stacked (thrust) on top of the other. An example of thin-skinned thrusting in Montana. The white Madison Limestone is repeated, with one example in the foreground (that pinches out with distance) and another to the upper right corner and top of the picture.

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  9. Mountain range - Wikipedia

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    A mountain range or hill range is a series of mountains or hills arranged in a line and connected by high ground. A mountain system or mountain belt is a group of mountain ranges with similarity in form, structure, and alignment that have arisen from the same cause, usually an orogeny . [ 1 ]