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1
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Where are ocean trenches?

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Ocean trenches are found in clusters ad occur where plate margins meet!

2
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How are fold Mountains used?

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  • sports and leisure
  • farming mainly animal
  • Logging and mining
  • forestry paper and furniture
  • hydro electric power, lakes and steep sided slopes
3
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How are fold mountains formed?

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When two plates collide with each other causing the rock to be folded up into a mountain range!

4
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What are the problems with living in flood mountain areas?

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  • potential avalanches

* lack of education and job shortages due to the populated area problems

5
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Tourism in the Alps

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Hiking
Skiiing
Snowboarding
100million people visit each year 
Creates thousands of jobs
Tourists erode footpaths and leave rubbish and vehicle fumes
6
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Communication on the alps

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Wide and flat valleys perfect for transport ROADS AND RAILWAYS
Pollution levels risen greatly… damages the environment

Attractions in their own ways

7
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Farming and settlement on the Alps

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Cattle, sheep and goat grazing
Milk and cheese from animals 
Culture very important 
Sunnier slopes used as vineyards 
Provides jobs 
Densely populated
Lack of education and jobs and potential of landslides