Fold Mountains And Ocean Trenches🗻 Flashcards
1
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Where are ocean trenches?
A
Ocean trenches are found in clusters ad occur where plate margins meet!
2
Q
How are fold Mountains used?
A
- sports and leisure
- farming mainly animal
- Logging and mining
- forestry paper and furniture
- hydro electric power, lakes and steep sided slopes
3
Q
How are fold mountains formed?
A
When two plates collide with each other causing the rock to be folded up into a mountain range!
4
Q
What are the problems with living in flood mountain areas?
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- potential avalanches
* lack of education and job shortages due to the populated area problems
5
Q
Tourism in the Alps
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Hiking Skiiing Snowboarding 100million people visit each year Creates thousands of jobs Tourists erode footpaths and leave rubbish and vehicle fumes
6
Q
Communication on the alps
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Wide and flat valleys perfect for transport ROADS AND RAILWAYS
Pollution levels risen greatly… damages the environment
Attractions in their own ways
7
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Farming and settlement on the Alps
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Cattle, sheep and goat grazing Milk and cheese from animals Culture very important Sunnier slopes used as vineyards Provides jobs Densely populated Lack of education and jobs and potential of landslides
