Question

What are the major mountain belts

Answer 1

Answer: Physiographically, this chain can be subdivided into three parallel belts: the Lesser Himalayas, the Great Himalayas, and the Tethys Himalayas. (Some authorities prefer a subdivision into four belts, the additional one designated the Outer, or Sub-Himalayas.)

Answer 2

• The Circum- Pacific System
• The Andes
• The Caribbean Chains
• The North American Cordillera
• Volcanoes and island arcs surrounding the northwest Pacific basin
• The Alpine- Himalayan, or Tethyan, System
• The Himalayan chain
• The Zagros and Bitlis mountains
• The western segment of the system
• Residual mountain ranges and thermally uplifted belts