Why do people still make fantasy maps with north-south mountain ranges?

You never see it in nature, and yet I see it all over the place in fantasy maps. Mountain ranges do not work that way. They are created whenever plates collide, and are a result of the interaction between several plates. Even if we assume there is only two plates on your fictional planet, it would be impossible for a mountain range to travel all the way across the continent, as the various landmasses are travelling at different speeds and directions. <br><br>For reference, the Himalayas were created because India moved into Asia. It would be impossible for a mountain range like the Himalayas to be created on a fictional planet if there is only two plates. <br><br>Like, I know the standard "north-south mountain range" map with mountains on the west and a sea on the east was inherited from European folklore and it is really easy to draw, but other than that there is absolutely no point in this layout. The Himalayas are not in the north of Asia, the Andes are not in the west of South America, the Carpathians are not in the northwest of Eastern Europe, and the Apennines are not in the southwest of Italy.