Fold Mountains

How Are They Formed?

• They are formed at destructive plate margins.• Can happen between an oceanic crust and

continental crust.• Or between to continental crusts.• Occurs when the sedimentary rock builds up

and pushes the crust up to form a mountain.

Farming

• Higher mountain slopes are used to farm animals, such as mountain goats.

• Lower slopes can be used to grow crops.• Some steeper slopes can be terraced so they

are able to grow crops on.• Terracing is cutting into the mountain to form

step-like flat pieces of land.

Hydro-Electric Power

• Uses the steep sided mountains with lakes at the top.

• The lakes at the top have a dam built next to it and this is then used to allow high amounts of water to flow and pass through turbines to create electricity.

Mining

• A good source of metal ores.• However, steep sides are bad for access.• Zig-zag roads are cut into the side of the

mountain.

Forestry

• Good place to grow certain trees e.g. conifers.

• Grown on steep valley slopes.• Used for:– Fuel–Building materials– Furniture–Paper

Tourism

• They have spectacular scenery which is good for tourism.

• Attracts snowboarders/skiers/ice climbers in the winter.

• Walkers go for the views in the summer.• Fast routes have been built by drilling

through the mountain for easy communication.

Case Study

THE ANDES- South America• In Bolivia, used for Farming.• Yanococha gold mine is the largest in the world.

Uses daily dynamite blasts.• Yuncan project in Peru dams the

PAUCARTAMBO and HUACHON rivers for HEP.• Has peaks, glaciers, volcanoes and lakes for

good tourism. Macchu Piccu, attracts 75,000 people a year, to see the remains of the Incas.