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Convergent Boundaries
These boundaries are formed when the collision of the plates serving landmasses causes the crusts to crumple and buckle into mountain ranges. For e.g. the Himalayas were formed and slowly rose to the highest mountains on Earth when India and Asia converged. The convergence results in slow increase in the height of the mountains. These is called Continental-continental convergence.
These boundaries are formed when the collision of the plates serving landmasses causes the crusts to crumple and buckle into mountain ranges. For e.g. the Himalayas were formed and slowly rose to the highest mountains on Earth when India and Asia converged. The convergence results in slow increase in the height of the mountains. These is called Continental-continental convergence.
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These boundaries are also formed as a result of subduction where a plate of ocean dives under a landmass. The overlying plate lifts up, it and forms mountain ranges. This is called Oceanic-continental convergence.
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The other form of Convergent boundaries is Oceanic-oceanic convergence, where one oceanic plate dives beneath the other forming deep trenches like the Mariana Trench in the North Pacific Ocean, the deepest point on Earth.
Visit other related links : Boundaries of Tectonic Plates, Divergent Plate Boundaries and Transform Plate Boundaries
Visit other related links : Boundaries of Tectonic Plates, Divergent Plate Boundaries and Transform Plate Boundaries