The Andes Mountains are the world’s longest continental Folded mountain range. They formed at a convergent boundary where the oceanic Nazca Plate subducts beneath the South American Plate. This compression, combined with significant volcanic activity, created the massive, elongated cordillera that runs along the western coast of South America, featuring extreme vertical relief. ANSWER: (A) Folded mountain
The Andes Mountains are an example of which type of mountain? (A) Folded mountain (B) Volcanic mountain (C) Residual mountain (D) Fault-block mountain
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