Geography
Distinguish between Fold and Block mountains.
Earth's Landforms
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Differences between Fold and Block mountains:
| Fold Mountains | Block Mountains |
|---|---|
| Formed by creasing or buckling of the Earth's crust due to forces of compression. | Formed due to the faulting (cracking) of the Earth's crust. |
| Collision between plates cause the edges of the plates to be raised or uplifted to form mountains. | The crustal block between two fault lines subsides along the plane, leaving two raised blocks mountains, and the part that subsides is called Rift Valley. |
| They have high, pointed, rugged peaks. | They have extremely steep sides and a flattened summit. |
| Examples- the Andes, Rockies and Himalayas. | Examples- The Vindhyas and Satpuras of India, the Sierra Nevada of North America, the Harz Mountains of Germany. |
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