ICSE Class 9 Answered

Fold mountains are found in almost every continent. These mountains are interlinked arcs extending through oceans. The Alpine Himalayan system stretch between Africa, Arabia and India on the South and Europe and Asia on the North.

The Circum Pacific System comprises of the Andes Mountains, the North American cordillera and the Islands of Arcs. These two systems of fold mountains meet in Australia.

Block Mountains along with rift valleys are also found throughout the world. Sierra Nevada mountains of California, USA are one of the major mountain systems in the world.