Alpine-Himalayan orogenic belt

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mountain range system orogenic belt tectonic belt

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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All labels observed (16)

Label Occurrences
Alpine-Himalayan orogenic belt canonical 14
Alpide belt 9
Alpine–Himalayan orogenic belt 6

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf mountain range system ⓘ
orogenic belt ⓘ
tectonic belt ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Alpine-Himalayan orogenic belt ⓘ
surface form: Alpide belt

Alpine-Himalayan orogenic belt ⓘ
surface form: Alpide orogenic belt

Alpine-Himalayan orogenic belt ⓘ
surface form: 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 ⓘ
surface form: Arabian Plate and Eurasian Plate

Eurasian Plate ⓘ
surface form: Indian Plate and Eurasian Plate
geologicalAge Cenozoic ⓘ
importantFor global seismic hazard ⓘ
understanding plate tectonics ⓘ
lengthApproximate 15000 km ⓘ
majorRangeIncludes Alps ⓘ
Arakan Mountains ⓘ
surface form: Arakan Yoma

Carpathian Mountains ⓘ
Caucasus ⓘ
surface form: Caucasus Mountains

Dinaric Alps ⓘ
Hellenides ⓘ
Himalayas ⓘ
Hindu Kush ⓘ
Karakoram ⓘ
Taurus Mountains ⓘ
Zagros Mountains ⓘ
mountain ranges of Indonesia ⓘ
orogenyIncludes Alpine orogeny ⓘ
Himalayan orogeny ⓘ
partOf Alpine-Himalayan orogenic belt self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: 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 ⓘ

Referenced by (50)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Himalayas → partOf → Alpine-Himalayan orogenic belt ⓘ
Hindu Kush → partOf → Alpine-Himalayan orogenic belt ⓘ
this entity surface form: Alpide belt
Hindu Kush → orogeny → Alpine-Himalayan orogenic belt ⓘ
this entity surface form: Alpine orogeny
Pyrenees → partOf → Alpine-Himalayan orogenic belt ⓘ
Verkhoyansk Range → orogeny → Alpine-Himalayan orogenic belt ⓘ
this entity surface form: Alpine orogeny
Tien Shan → orogeny → Alpine-Himalayan orogenic belt ⓘ
this entity surface form: Alpine orogeny
African Plate → associatedWith → Alpine-Himalayan orogenic belt ⓘ
this entity surface form: Alps–Apennines collision zone
Lesser Caucasus → partOf → Alpine-Himalayan orogenic belt ⓘ
this entity surface form: Alpide belt
Dinaric Alps → partOf → Alpine-Himalayan orogenic belt ⓘ
this entity surface form: Alpine orogenic belt
Balkan Mountains → partOf → Alpine-Himalayan orogenic belt ⓘ
Alpine-Himalayan orogenic belt → alsoKnownAs → Alpine-Himalayan orogenic belt ⓘ
this entity surface form: Alpide belt
Alpine-Himalayan orogenic belt → alsoKnownAs → Alpine-Himalayan orogenic belt ⓘ
this entity surface form: Alpide orogenic belt
Alpine-Himalayan orogenic belt → alsoKnownAs → Alpine-Himalayan orogenic belt ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tethyan orogenic belt
Alpine-Himalayan orogenic belt → partOf → Alpine-Himalayan orogenic belt self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Alpide–Himalayan mountain system
Transhimalaya → partOf → Alpine-Himalayan orogenic belt ⓘ
this entity surface form: Alpine–Himalayan orogenic belt
Armenian Highlands → partOf → Alpine-Himalayan orogenic belt ⓘ
this entity surface form: Alpide belt
Armenian Highlands → partOf → Alpine-Himalayan orogenic belt ⓘ
Himalayan orogeny → relatedTo → Alpine-Himalayan orogenic belt ⓘ
Java Trench → partOf → Alpine-Himalayan orogenic belt ⓘ
this entity surface form: Alpide Belt
Zagros Mountains → partOf → Alpine-Himalayan orogenic belt ⓘ
this entity surface form: Alpide belt
Sunda Trench → partOf → Alpine-Himalayan orogenic belt ⓘ
this entity surface form: Alpide Belt
Hellenic subduction system → partOf → Alpine-Himalayan orogenic belt ⓘ
this entity surface form: Alpine–Himalayan orogenic belt
Aegean Sea Plate → partOf → Alpine-Himalayan orogenic belt ⓘ
Hellenic Arc → partOf → Alpine-Himalayan orogenic belt ⓘ
Iranian plateau → partOf → Alpine-Himalayan orogenic belt ⓘ
this entity surface form: Alpide belt
Iranian plateau → partOf → Alpine-Himalayan orogenic belt ⓘ
Apennines → partOf → Alpine-Himalayan orogenic belt ⓘ
this entity surface form: Alpine orogenic system
Taurus Mountains → partOf → Alpine-Himalayan orogenic belt ⓘ
this entity surface form: Alpide belt
East Asian mountain system → partOf → Alpine-Himalayan orogenic belt ⓘ
Pamir–Tien Shan mountain system → partOf → Alpine-Himalayan orogenic belt ⓘ
Sunda Arc → partOf → Alpine-Himalayan orogenic belt ⓘ
this entity surface form: Alpide Belt
Eastern Carpathians → mountainSystem → Alpine-Himalayan orogenic belt ⓘ
this entity surface form: Alps–Himalaya orogenic belt
Hengduan Mountains → partOf → Alpine-Himalayan orogenic belt ⓘ
Alpine-Carpathian mountain system → relatedTo → Alpine-Himalayan orogenic belt ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mediterranean-Alpine orogenic system
Alpine-Carpathian mountain system → partOf → Alpine-Himalayan orogenic belt ⓘ
Hellenides → partOf → Alpine-Himalayan orogenic belt ⓘ
this entity surface form: Alpine orogenic system
Mecsek Mountains → partOf → Alpine-Himalayan orogenic belt ⓘ
this entity surface form: Alpide belt
Main Central Thrust zone → partOf → Alpine-Himalayan orogenic belt ⓘ
this entity surface form: Himalayan orogen
Indus-Tsangpo Suture Zone → partOf → Alpine-Himalayan orogenic belt ⓘ
Burma Plate → partOf → Alpine-Himalayan orogenic belt ⓘ
this entity surface form: Alpide Belt
Burma Plate → partOf → Alpine-Himalayan orogenic belt ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tethyan orogenic system
Himalaya–Karakoram region → partOf → Alpine-Himalayan orogenic belt ⓘ
this entity surface form: Alpine–Himalayan orogenic belt
Karakoram orogeny → partOf → Alpine-Himalayan orogenic belt ⓘ
this entity surface form: Alpine–Himalayan orogenic belt
Anatolian Plate → geologicalSetting → Alpine-Himalayan orogenic belt ⓘ
this entity surface form: Alpine–Himalayan orogenic belt
Bitlis–Zagros suture zone → orogenicBelt → Alpine-Himalayan orogenic belt ⓘ
this entity surface form: Alpine–Himalayan orogenic belt
Apennine volcanic arc → relatedTo → Alpine-Himalayan orogenic belt ⓘ
this entity surface form: Alpine orogenic system
Greater Caucasus → partOf → Alpine-Himalayan orogenic belt ⓘ
Banda Sea Plate → partOf → Alpine-Himalayan orogenic belt ⓘ
this entity surface form: Alpide Belt
Central Taurus → mountainSystem → Alpine-Himalayan orogenic belt ⓘ
this entity surface form: Alpide belt
Chinese continental crust → hasPart → Alpine-Himalayan orogenic belt ⓘ
this entity surface form: Himalayan orogenic belt in southern Tibet