Alpine orogeny

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The Alpine orogeny is a major mountain-building event that created the Alps and other ranges across southern Europe and parts of Asia through the collision of tectonic plates during the Cenozoic Era.

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Pennine Alps → geologicalAge → Alpine orogeny ⓘ

Altai Mountains → geologicalFormation → Alpine orogeny ⓘ

Lesser Caucasus → geologicalOrigin → Alpine orogeny ⓘ

Pamir Mountains → geologicalOrigin → Alpine orogeny ⓘ

Balkan Mountains → geologicalPeriod → Alpine orogeny ⓘ

Sierra Nevada (Spain) → geologicalPeriod → Alpine orogeny ⓘ

Cenozoic → includesEvent → Alpine orogeny ⓘ

Iranian plateau → orogeny → Alpine orogeny ⓘ

Jura Mountains → orogeny → Alpine orogeny ⓘ

Lesser Caucasus → orogeny → Alpine orogeny ⓘ

Pennine Alps → orogeny → Alpine orogeny ⓘ

Alpine-Himalayan orogenic belt → orogenyIncludes → Alpine orogeny ⓘ

Alps → partOf → Alpine orogeny ⓘ

Himalayan orogeny → partOf → Alpine orogeny ⓘ

Ligurian Alps → partOf → Alpine orogeny ⓘ

Southern Limestone Alps → tectonicSetting → Alpine orogeny ⓘ