Three such collision zones form the Himalaya-Tibetan Plateau, the European Alps and the Zagros Mountains in Iran, Iraq and Turkey, originating during the Cenozoic (last 66 million years).

Pangea essentially turned inside out, the edges of the old continent becoming the collision zones of new continents ... they crumpled into mountain ranges—the Himalayas. By 10 million years ...

In the Himalayan region, there is subduction or collision zones caused by the collision of two plates-Indian and Eurasian.