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Convergent Boundaries
==Convergent Boundaries are formed when plates as landmasses hit each other and the crust crumbles and forms into a mountain range. India and Asia collided about 55,000,000 years ago, and they are still pushing up against each other. That formed the Himalayas. That is why Mt. Everest, the tallest peak in the world, grows every day. At an ocean convergence, one plate usually is forced under neath the other, forming a trench. That is how the Mariana Trench was formed. Other examples of a convergent boundary would be the Rockie Mountains. The North American plate and the Juan de Fuca plate are colliding. The African and Eurasian plate are colliding to form the Alps.==

Divergent Boundaries:
==Divergent boundaries are formed when magma from deep within Earth rises toward the surface and pushes two pates apart. The Mid Atlantic Ridge causes the Atlantic Ocean to widen about 2 centimeters per year. The North American plate and the Afrcian plate are currently colliding. Other examples would be the Rio Grande rift in New Mexico. The North American and Pacific plates are colliding also. The East Africa rift in Kenya and Ethiopia are formed from the African and the Arabian plates colliding.==

Transform Boundaries
==Transform boundaries are formed when two plates grind past each other and from faults along the line. The San Andreas fault in California is an example. The Atlantic and Pacific plates are colliding to form the fault. Another example would be the Alpine Fault in New Zealand. The two plates that are grinding apart are the Pacific Plate and the Indo-Australian Plate. A third example is the Queen Charlotte fault. It is Canada's equivalent of the San Andreas fault. It is located between the North American and Pacific plates.==

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