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I. Convergent Boundaries: -> <-

A.

II. Divergent Boundaries: ! i

A.

III. Transform Boundaries: <- ->

A. When two plates grind past each other along what are called "strike-slip" faults. These Boundaries don't produce mountains or oceans, but their halting motion often triggers large earthquakes.

B. Examples of these are the San Andreas fault in California, and the large earthquake in 1906 that devastated San Francisco.

IV. The Himalayas ^^^^^^^^

A. They are the highest mountain system on earth. Fact: the name Himalaya means "house of snow".

B. The Himalayas consist of several parallel mountain ranges.

C. in 30 to 50 million years in different stages, the indian plate has collided with the eurasian continental plate, which form the himalaya mountains. they are the most common type of mountain formation (folded) which is created by plates pushing up against each other so the only direction to move is up.

D. the himalaya mountains extend 1,600 miles in an ellipse across southern Asia from the bend of the Indus river in the northwest to the Branmapyrta in the east. The Himalayas contain 9 of the 14 tallest peaks in the world, the highest peak being Mount Everest, measuring to 29,028' 8,848 meters.

Fact: pangea was the super continent that began to break up about 225 million years ago, eventually fragmenting into the continents as we know them today.