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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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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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