how are mountain ranges distributed

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Answer:

Mountain ranges exist where plates collide or along volcanic fault lines. The North American and South American continents are moving westward, and as they meet the Pacific plate they fold and buckle and create the mountains along the western reaches of both continents.

Explanation:

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Answer:

PLATE TECTONICS

Explanation:

still provides the basic framework that accounts for the distribution of mountains across Earths surface. ... Plate tectonics contributes to the thickening of the crust by either lateral convergence between adjacent plates or through the upward flow of heat and magma (molten rock)

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