Landscape zones (1 amazon)

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Fold mountain range

Mountains that from when the earth's crust is squeezed and pushed upwards

High mountain range

Mountainous area with an altitude higher than 1,500 metres

Old mountain ranges

Mountains with round tops and shallow valleys; older than 65 milion years
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Trough  valley (U-shaped valley)

Valley in the shape of a "U", formed by the erosive action of a glacier

Young mountain range

Mountain range with high peaks, sharp ridges and deep valleys; less than 65 milion years old

How do you recognize the fold mountain range

These mountains look wrinkled/folded.

How do you recognize the Alps

You can recognize the Alps by the snow



How do you recognize the main rivers in the Alps?

By the absence of snow. There is no snow in the places where the rivers flow (in valleys).

Why is frost weathering an example of an exogenic force?

Frost weathering is an exogenic force because it happens on the Earth’s surface and not in the Earth’s crust.

Explain the differences between old and young mountain ranges.

Old mountain ranges differ from young mountain ranges because they have been affected by weathering and erosion for much longer.

What is the difference between weathering and erosion?

Weathering happens at a fixed place. Erosion happens when weathered material is transported.

What is the name of the process in which weathered or eroded material is left behind?

Sedimentation

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