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Plate Tectonics __Convergent Boundaries__ Convergent boundaries are formed where plates collide. These boundaries often form mountains, such as the Himalayas which formed when the India and Asia plate collided, also forming the tallest mountain in the world, Mt. Everest, located in southwest asia. Mt. everest continues to grow taller slightly every year. Subduction is when a convergent boundary causes one plate to be pushed under the other. The diving plate melts and it can form a volcano. The Andes mountains of South America were formed in this way by the South American and Nasca plates pushing together. It can also form deep sea trenches like the Mariana's Trench in the North Pacific ocean.



=Divergent Boundaries= Divergent boundaries are formed By magma rising up and pushing two plates apart. They are found in most oceans of the Earth. They seep magma, which helps to restore the sea floor. It also causes great ocean basins such as the challenger deep, the lowest spot in the world. On land it causes continents to split apart like in the Great Riff Valley in Africa, caused by the africa and madagascar plate pulling apart. The great crack in Hawaii is another example of the divergent land boundaries caused by the pacific and philippine plates pulling apart.

=Transform Boundaries= Transform boundaries are when plates grind past each other. When this occurs Earthquakes often follow, like in the San Andrea's fault in california where the North america and pacific plates are grinding past each other. After Ocean earthquakes, tsunamis follow. Japan and the Philippines are at high risk for Tsunamis because they are near a major fault line between the Philippine and Asia plates, where there is a lot of earthquake activity. The Ring of Fire is a region in the pacific ocean which is a transofrm boundary where Volcanoes, Earthquakes, and Tsunamis occur frequently, and at dangerous magnitudes.

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