Mountain Ranges – Report

1. What is a mountain range?

: is a series of mountains or hills ranged in a line and connected by high ground.
2. “Orogeny”
: refers to the forces and events that lead to a large structural deformation of earth’s lithosphere.
Is a product of movements of plate tectonics.
- The word orogeny came from the Greek word oros for mountain and “genesis” for creation
3. “Orogenesis”
: During orogenesis, deformed rocks called orogens or orgenic belts are formed as the
continental plate is crumpled and pushed upwards and the end product of this process is a
landmass that we call a mountain. Orogenesis explains that mountains are built by internal
processes through geologic time
4. Mountains
: the word refers to a large and elevated landform that is formed through tectonic forces or
volcanism. They usually have steep, sloping sides, and sharp or slightly rounded ridges or peak.
The very steep valley between young mountains are known as the gorge.