Answer:
Himalayas are called young fold mountains because they were formed due to the collision of Gondwanaland and Eurasian plate, the sedimentary rocks in the Tethys Sea were folded to form the mountains. They are referred to as young mountains because of their topography with high peaks, steep-sided valleys and their height, which proves that denudational processes are not as old as those of in the plateau region
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