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Which type of change best describes folded mountain belts that sometimes form at plate boundaries?

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Fold mountains are created where two or more of Earth's tectonic plates are pushed together, often at regions known as convergent plate boundaries and continental collision zones. The Cape Fold Mountains of South Africa, above, were created as the ancient Falklands Plateau crashed into the African plate
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