Fold Mountains

  1. Formation

Colliding plates

Anticline

Syncline

Andes

  1. Distribution of Fold Mountains

Caledonian

Armorican

Alpine

400 myo

30 myo

250 myo

  1. Impacts

Economic

Social

Farming

Pastoral

Forestry

Tourism

Hill walking

Transport

Expensive cost

Settlement

Difficult to build

Windy

Few services

  1. Case Study: Nepal

Earthquakes

2015, 7.8 magnitude

8,000 died

Tourism

Mt. Everest

Permits to climb

Agriculture

2/3 depend on for a living

Grazing

Tobacco, sugar cane and grains