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Mountain-building is a result of continental collision, so destructive plate boundaries. One plate is destroyed by subduction below the other, which undergoes compression, buckling and uplift as the collision continues. This is happening at present in Asia, raising the Himalayan Mountains.

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convergent boundary: two continental plates collide, forming a mountain range.

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a convergent plate boundary

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Mainly... Convergent Boundary.

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convergent plate boundary

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