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Headings: Fold Mountains
Fold Mountains
The Formation of Fold Mountains
The Formation of Fold Mountains at Destructive Plate Boundaries:
The Formation of Fold Mountains at Collision Margins:
Human uses of Fold Mountains
Humans use Fold Mountains for a wide variety of purposes:
The Problems of Living in Fold Mountain Areas
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Content: In the Alps a system called transhumance was used. This basically is the seasonal movement of grazing animals between the high ground in the warmer summer months and the valley floors in the colder autumn months. Nowadays transhumance is a little outdated as modern technology has meant that farmers can stay in one place all year. Tourism is another major use of the Fold Mountains of the world. Because they are in more economically developed countries,the Alps and the Rockies are perhaps the best examples of the impact of tourism. However, it is an increasing industry in both the Andes and the Himalayas,as people look for less crowded places to go to. The main tourist attraction in the Rockies and the Alps is skiing. Hundreds of thousands of people ski each year and this has brought great changes and problems to the main areas. The increase in tourism has meant much-improved infrastructure, a huge increase in hotels and restaurants and the development of entire resorts. It has brought a large amount of much needed money into these areas and allowed local people to diversify from farming into many other jobs.