Case study of fold mountains

Question 1

Location, formation

Answer 1

Central Europe

Made by collision between the African and European plates

Question 2

Uses

Answer 2

FARMING (steep upland areas for farming goats to make milk/cheese/meat)
HEP (narrow valleys are dammed to generate HEP-switzerland gets 60% of its electricity from stations in the Alps)
TOURISM (100 million tourists per year)
MINING (Salt, iron ore, gold, silver and copper)
FORESTRY (Scots Pine is logged ans sold to make things like furniture)

Question 3

How have people adapted to the conditions?

Answer 3

Steep relief: goats are well adapted to this, trees and defences protect against avalanches and rock slides
Poor soils: not used for growing crops, only animals
Limited communications: roads have been built over passes, tunnels cut through mountains,