Correct Answer - Option 1 : Fold Mountain
The Himalayas and the Alps are examples of 'fold' types of mountains.
Fold Mountain:
- Fold mountains are created where two or more of Earth’s tectonic plates are pushed together.
- At these colliding, compressing boundaries, rocks and debris are warped and folded into rocky outcrops, hills, mountains, and entire mountain ranges.
- Fold mountains are created through a process called orogeny.
- An orogenic event takes millions of years to create a fold mountain
- 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.
Hence, the correct answer is folded mountain.
