How mountains are formed?

Most mountains form at places where the Earth's plates push towards one another with enormous force.

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Millions of years ago, Mount Everest was not a mountain but was underneath the ocean.

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Most mountains are found in huge rows called mountain strings.

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There are no mountains in the bottom of the oceans.

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As the rocks of the Earth's crust move, the cracks or breaks that form are called faults.

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Sometimes great blocks of rock are pushed up between two faults, forming fold mountains.

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Sometimes, as the Earth's plates push towards each other, they push the rocks up into folds called block mountains.

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Many of the mountains that stand alone were made by volcanoes.

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The highest mountain range on Earth is the Himalayas in Asia.

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Mountains are built by the same forces that causes earthquakes.

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