Alpine-Himalayan orogenic system
GPTKB entity
Statements (31)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| gptkbp:instanceOf |
orogenic belt
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| gptkbp:age |
Cenozoic
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| gptkbp:alsoKnownAs |
gptkb:Alpide_belt
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| gptkbp:contains |
active mountain building regions
major earthquake zones |
| gptkbp:extendsTo |
gptkb:Atlantic_Ocean
gptkb:Middle_East gptkb:Himalayas gptkb:southern_Asia southern Europe northern Africa |
| gptkbp:formedBy |
collision of African, Arabian, and Indian plates with Eurasian plate
|
| gptkbp:hasMountain |
gptkb:Caucasus
gptkb:Zagros_Mountains gptkb:Alps gptkb:Carpathians gptkb:Himalayas Hindu Kush |
| https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
Alpine-Himalayan orogenic system
|
| gptkbp:length |
about 15,000 km
|
| gptkbp:relatedTo |
gptkb:Himalayan_orogeny
gptkb:Alpine_orogeny gptkb:Tethys_Ocean |
| gptkbp:separates |
gptkb:Indian_Plate
gptkb:Eurasian_Plate gptkb:African_Plate |
| gptkbp:significance |
second most extensive orogenic belt on Earth
|
| gptkbp:studiedIn |
geology
tectonics |
| gptkbp:bfsParent |
gptkb:Carpathians
|
| gptkbp:bfsLayer |
5
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