EARTH SCIENCE
TECTONICS
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Convergent, ocean-ocean
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Convergent, ocean-continent
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Convergent, continent-continent
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Divergent
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Detailed explanation-1: -Fold mountains are often associated with continental crust. They are created at convergent plate boundaries, sometimes called continental collision zones or compression zones.
Detailed explanation-2: -When two continental plates converge, they smash together and create mountains. The amazing Himalaya Mountains are the result of this type of convergent plate boundary.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Andes are formed due to convergence between Nazca plate (oceanic plate) and the South American plate (continental plate).
Detailed explanation-4: -Himalayan Mountains are an example of a Continent-Continent convergent plate boundary where two slabs of continental crust have collided and compressing the crust and the acretionary wedge material and lifting it to form the Himalayan Mountains.