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(Definition) Convergent Boundries are where Plate Techtonics move into eachother ** = //Divergent Boundries// = (Definition)- when magma rises from deep in the mantle and pushes apart two or more plates
 * Convergent Boundries
 * When Plates serving landmasses collide, the crust crumbles and buckles up into mountain ranges.
 * These Boundries can also occur when a plate dives under another plate which is called subduction
 * The Indian and Asian Plates Crashes about 55 million years ago forming the Himilayas Mountain Ranges.
 * Mount Everest is the largest point on earth, may be a bit taller tomorrow than it is today
 * When an Ocean - Ocean converges it usually forms deep Trenches like the Marina trench, north the pacific ocean, the deepest point on earth
 * These types of collisions can also lead to underwater volcanos, that can eventually form into islands like Japan
 * Mountains and volcanos rise along the seam
 * This Process renews the ocean floor and widens giant basins
 * On land giant truoghs such as the Great Rift Valley in Africa from where the plates are tugged apart
 * The Mid Atlantic Ridge moves about 1 inch a year and it connects a series of ocean - ocean ridges

=//Transform Boundries//= (definition)- Where two plates grind against each other >
 * The San andreas fault is an example of a transform boundary made by the plates under california
 * In Ryukyu Japan there was an earthquake
 * almost 90 % of all earths earthquake happen in the plates in the north pacific ocean
 * CITATIONS**
 * //earthquake usgs//. Web. 18 Nov. 09. .
 * //national geographic//. Web. 18 Nov. 09. .
 * //wise geek//. Web. 18 Nov. 09. .
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 *  //national Geographic//. Web. 19 Nov. 09. .