PHYSIOGRAPHIC DIVISION OF INDIA
HIMALAYAN MOUNTAINS
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Dome mountains
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Fault block mountains
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Fold mountains
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none of above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Fold mountains are the most common type of mountain in the world. The rugged, soaring heights of the Himalayas, Andes, and Alps are all active fold mountains. The Himalayas stretch through the borders of China, Bhutan, Nepal, India, and Pakistan.
Detailed explanation-2: -Complete answer: In India, the Himalayas represent the young fold mountains because they have formed only a few million years ago by a collision of the Eurasian plates as well as the Indo-Australian plates as a result of the Continental drift. Young fold mountains are 10 to 25 million years of age.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Himalayas are considered to be young fold mountains because initially there was an ocean where the Himalayas and the Tibetan plateau stand today.
Detailed explanation-4: -The Himalayas are fold mountains rather than fault mountains. This means the Himalayas are a result of convergent tectonic plates that collide with such force and pressure that they fold the layers of rock on one or both of the tectonic plates.
Detailed explanation-5: -The Aravali mountain ranges in India is one of the oldest fold mountains in the world.