1. How do people use fold mountains?
Case Study – The Alps

2. How do people use fold mountains?
• Complete your A3 sheet on the Alps using the
A3 photocopied handout.
• Three main areas;
1. Farming & Forestry
2. Tourism, video here
3. Hydro Electric Power

3. The Alps
Fold mountains - History
Formed 30 - 40
million years ago
Compressional margin,
the mountains so
severely folded that
anticlines, synclines,
over folds and nappes
were all formed.
The Alps were then
altered 10,000 years
ago during the last
ice age.
Human Activity -Summary
Farming - mainly
valley bottoms -
dairying, vines, hay
and cereals.
Summer pasture on
the high alps.
Tourism - skiing,
climbing, walking
and sightseeing.
Hydroelectric
Power
Forestry

5. Homework – Past exam question
• With the help of a case study of a fold
mountain range, describe how people use fold
mountains.
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6. Draw the rest of the photo