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    Convergent Boundaries: Divergent Boundary

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    Two tectonic plates collide at a convergent boundary, also known as a destructive plate boundary. Common examples are continental-continental boundaries like the Himalayas and Alps, and oceanic-oceanic boundaries like those forming the Andes. Pressure and melting at convergent boundaries cause earthquakes and volcanoes.

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    Convergent Boundaries: Divergent Boundary

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    Two tectonic plates collide at a convergent boundary, also known as a destructive plate boundary. Common examples are continental-continental boundaries like the Himalayas and Alps, and oceanic-oceanic boundaries like those forming the Andes. Pressure and melting at convergent boundaries cause earthquakes and volcanoes.

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    Two tectonic plates collide at a convergent boundary, also known as a destructive plate boundary. Common examples are continental-continental boundaries like the Himalayas and Alps, and oceanic-oceanic boundaries like those forming the Andes. Pressure and melting at convergent boundaries cause earthquakes and volcanoes.

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    CONVERGENT BOUNDARIES

    In plate tectonics, a destructive plate boundary, also known as a convergent boundary, occurs when two
    tectonic plates or sections of the lithosphere advance toward each other and collide. Due to pressure,
    friction, and plate material melting in the mantle, earthquakes and volcanoes are common near
    convergent boundaries.

    Continental-continental convergent borders may be found in Nepal's Himalayas, Europe's Alps, and New
    Zealand's Southern Alps. The convergent border between the Pacific and Mariana plates is an example
    of an oceanic/oceanic convergent boundary. Another example of a convergent border between an
    oceanic and continental plate is the Andes Mountain Range in western South America.

    A convergent plate boundary is formed when two tectonic plates move towards one other and clash.

    Divergent boundary
    Plate borders that are divergent are those where plates are moving away from one another. This happens when
    increasing convection currents are present. The increasing stream pushes up against the lithosphere's bottom,
    raising it and allowing it to flow laterally beneath it. The plate material above is pulled along in the flow direction
    by this lateral flow.
    The typical example of a divergent plate boundary is the mid-Atlantic ridge, which sits primarily in the middle of
    the Atlantic Ocean. This indicates that under the Earth's surface, a couple of enormous mantel plumes are at work,
    progressively pushing the crust apart. The African Plate is rifting apart into two distinct plates, which will eventually
    become ocean.

    A tectonic boundary formed by magma rising to the Earth's surface between two plates as they move apart from
    each other, resulting in the formation of new crust.

    The Earth's tectonic plates flow past one other horizontally via transform or strike-slip faults, forming
    transform boundaries. The plates lock due to friction in the rocks. The rocks' tension gradually grows
    until they shatter. During an earthquake, we sense a rapid release of energy.

    The famed San Andreas fault, the Alpine fault in New Zealand, the Queen Charlotte Island fault near
    western Canada, the North Anatolian fault in Turkey, and the Dead Sea rift in the Middle East are
    examples of continental transform borders.

    A transform boundary is a point on the Earth's surface where two tectonic plates collide. As these plates
    pass by one another, they interact, perhaps causing cracks or defects in the surrounding region.
    1. Convergent (compressive) advances toward one another, divergent (extensional) travels away
    from one another, and transform (shear) slides past one another are the three types of plate
    boundaries that I identify depending on how they move.
    2. Major surface features and geologic processes occur along plate borders, and most seismic
    activity occurs at three types of plate boundaries.

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