Quote Originally Posted by jfrazierjr View Post
And after you learn all of that, just put the mountains where you damn well please.... within reason(I mean it's not likely that you would have a square mountain range or circular one, but really as long as you don't do something really really goofy, just don't worry about it to much.
not to imply in any way that i'm an expert on tectonics etc., though i have to agree with the above - once you know the rules you can disregard or bend them
however you want.