A fault is where two tectonic plates meet. The other half of this one is in Canada! ISLA: Well, fold mountains like these are created where two or more of Earth's tectonic plates are pushed together.

This view shows two major geological features. The first, extending across the photo, is the elongated fold mountains and intervening valleys of heavily folded limestone layers. These mountains ...

The Atlas Mountains span about 2,300 kilometers across Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia. Known as fold mountains, they were created by the collision of tectonic masses: the Eurasian Plate to the north ...