Alpine-Himalayan orogenic belt

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The Alpine-Himalayan orogenic belt is a vast, tectonically active mountain-building zone stretching from southern Europe through the Middle East to Southeast Asia, encompassing major ranges such as the Alps and the Himalayas.

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Generate an image of the Alpine-Himalayan orogenic belt (The Alpine-Himalayan orogenic belt is a vast, tectonically active mountain-building zone stretching from southern Europe through the Middle East to Southeast Asia, encompassing major ranges such as the Alps and the Himalayas.)

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Predicate Object
instanceOf mountain range system ⓘ
orogenic belt ⓘ
tectonic belt ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Alpide belt ⓘ
Alpide orogenic belt ⓘ
Tethyan orogenic belt ⓘ
associatedWith continental collision ⓘ
subduction of oceanic lithosphere ⓘ
characterizedBy active mountain building ⓘ
fold-and-thrust belts ⓘ
frequent large earthquakes ⓘ
high topographic relief ⓘ
intense seismic activity ⓘ
contains active volcanoes in parts of the belt ⓘ
extendsFrom southern Europe ⓘ
extendsThrough Central Asia ⓘ
Mediterranean region ⓘ
Middle East ⓘ
extendsTo Southeast Asia ⓘ
formedBy collision of African Plate and Eurasian Plate ⓘ
collision of Arabian Plate and Eurasian Plate ⓘ
collision of Indian Plate and Eurasian Plate ⓘ
formsBoundaryBetween African Plate and Eurasian Plate ⓘ
Arabian Plate and Eurasian Plate ⓘ
linked to: Arabian Plate

Indian Plate and Eurasian Plate ⓘ
linked to: Eurasian Plate
geologicalAge Cenozoic ⓘ
importantFor global seismic hazard ⓘ
understanding plate tectonics ⓘ
lengthApproximate 15000 km ⓘ
majorRangeIncludes Alps ⓘ
Arakan Yoma ⓘ
linked to: Arakan Mountains

Carpathian Mountains ⓘ
Caucasus Mountains ⓘ
linked to: Caucasus

Dinaric Alps ⓘ
Hellenides ⓘ
Himalayas ⓘ
Hindu Kush ⓘ
Karakoram ⓘ
Taurus Mountains ⓘ
Zagros Mountains ⓘ
mountain ranges of Indonesia ⓘ
orogenyIncludes Alpine orogeny ⓘ
Himalayan orogeny ⓘ
partOf Alpide–Himalayan mountain system ⓘ
relatedTo closure of Tethys Ocean ⓘ
spatialRelationTo north of African Plate ⓘ
north of Arabian Plate ⓘ
north of Indian Plate ⓘ
south of Eurasian craton ⓘ
tectonicSetting convergent plate boundary ⓘ

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Referenced by (79)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Himalayas → partOf → Alpine-Himalayan orogenic belt ⓘ
Hindu Kush → partOf → Alpide belt ⓘ
linked to: Alpine-Himalayan orogenic belt
Hindu Kush → orogeny → Alpine orogeny ⓘ
linked to: Alpine-Himalayan orogenic belt
Pyrenees → partOf → Alpine-Himalayan orogenic belt ⓘ
Verkhoyansk Range → orogeny → Alpine orogeny ⓘ
linked to: Alpine-Himalayan orogenic belt
Tien Shan → orogeny → Alpine orogeny ⓘ
linked to: Alpine-Himalayan orogenic belt
African Plate → associatedWith → Alps–Apennines collision zone ⓘ
linked to: Alpine-Himalayan orogenic belt
Lesser Caucasus → partOf → Alpide belt ⓘ
linked to: Alpine-Himalayan orogenic belt
Dinaric Alps → partOf → Alpine orogenic belt ⓘ
linked to: Alpine-Himalayan orogenic belt
Balkan Mountains → partOf → Alpine-Himalayan orogenic belt ⓘ
Alpine-Himalayan orogenic belt → alsoKnownAs → Alpide belt ⓘ
linked to: Alpine-Himalayan orogenic belt
Alpine-Himalayan orogenic belt → alsoKnownAs → Alpide orogenic belt ⓘ
linked to: Alpine-Himalayan orogenic belt
Alpine-Himalayan orogenic belt → alsoKnownAs → Tethyan orogenic belt ⓘ
linked to: Alpine-Himalayan orogenic belt
Alpine-Himalayan orogenic belt → partOf → Alpide–Himalayan mountain system ⓘ
linked to: Alpine-Himalayan orogenic belt
Transhimalaya → partOf → Alpine–Himalayan orogenic belt ⓘ
linked to: Alpine-Himalayan orogenic belt
Armenian Highlands → partOf → Alpide belt ⓘ
linked to: Alpine-Himalayan orogenic belt
Armenian Highlands → partOf → Alpine-Himalayan orogenic belt ⓘ
Himalayan orogeny → relatedTo → Alpine-Himalayan orogenic belt ⓘ
Java Trench → partOf → Alpide Belt ⓘ
linked to: Alpine-Himalayan orogenic belt
Zagros Mountains → partOf → Alpide belt ⓘ
linked to: Alpine-Himalayan orogenic belt
Sunda Trench → partOf → Alpide Belt ⓘ
linked to: Alpine-Himalayan orogenic belt
Hellenic subduction system → partOf → Alpine–Himalayan orogenic belt ⓘ
linked to: Alpine-Himalayan orogenic belt
Aegean Sea Plate → partOf → Alpine-Himalayan orogenic belt ⓘ
Hellenic Arc → partOf → Alpine-Himalayan orogenic belt ⓘ
Iranian plateau → partOf → Alpide belt ⓘ
linked to: Alpine-Himalayan orogenic belt
Iranian plateau → partOf → Alpine-Himalayan orogenic belt ⓘ
Apennines → partOf → Alpine orogenic system ⓘ
linked to: Alpine-Himalayan orogenic belt
Taurus Mountains → partOf → Alpide belt ⓘ
linked to: Alpine-Himalayan orogenic belt
East Asian mountain system → partOf → Alpine-Himalayan orogenic belt ⓘ
Pamir–Tien Shan mountain system → partOf → Alpine-Himalayan orogenic belt ⓘ
Sunda Arc → partOf → Alpide Belt ⓘ
linked to: Alpine-Himalayan orogenic belt
Eastern Carpathians → mountainSystem → Alps–Himalaya orogenic belt ⓘ
linked to: Alpine-Himalayan orogenic belt
Hengduan Mountains → partOf → Alpine-Himalayan orogenic belt ⓘ
Alpine-Carpathian mountain system → relatedTo → Mediterranean-Alpine orogenic system ⓘ
linked to: Alpine-Himalayan orogenic belt
Alpine-Carpathian mountain system → partOf → Alpine-Himalayan orogenic belt ⓘ
Hellenides → partOf → Alpine orogenic system ⓘ
linked to: Alpine-Himalayan orogenic belt
Mecsek Mountains → partOf → Alpide belt ⓘ
linked to: Alpine-Himalayan orogenic belt
Main Central Thrust zone → partOf → Himalayan orogen ⓘ
linked to: Alpine-Himalayan orogenic belt
Indus-Tsangpo Suture Zone → partOf → Alpine-Himalayan orogenic belt ⓘ
Burma Plate → partOf → Alpide Belt ⓘ
linked to: Alpine-Himalayan orogenic belt
Burma Plate → partOf → Tethyan orogenic system ⓘ
linked to: Alpine-Himalayan orogenic belt
Himalaya–Karakoram region → partOf → Alpine–Himalayan orogenic belt ⓘ
linked to: Alpine-Himalayan orogenic belt
Karakoram orogeny → partOf → Alpine–Himalayan orogenic belt ⓘ
linked to: Alpine-Himalayan orogenic belt
Anatolian Plate → geologicalSetting → Alpine–Himalayan orogenic belt ⓘ
linked to: Alpine-Himalayan orogenic belt
Bitlis–Zagros suture zone → orogenicBelt → Alpine–Himalayan orogenic belt ⓘ
linked to: Alpine-Himalayan orogenic belt
Apennine volcanic arc → relatedTo → Alpine orogenic system ⓘ
linked to: Alpine-Himalayan orogenic belt
Greater Caucasus → partOf → Alpine-Himalayan orogenic belt ⓘ
Banda Sea Plate → partOf → Alpide Belt ⓘ
linked to: Alpine-Himalayan orogenic belt
Central Taurus → mountainSystem → Alpide belt ⓘ
linked to: Alpine-Himalayan orogenic belt
Chinese continental crust → hasPart → Himalayan orogenic belt in southern Tibet ⓘ
linked to: Alpine-Himalayan orogenic belt