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Are most mountain ranges located in a area of major earthquake an or volcanic areas?
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Is a volcanic arc the same thing as a volcanic mountain range?
Volcanic arcs are usually island arcs off the coast of a continent, while volcanic mountain ranges are usually inland inside a continent. But the volcanoes of a volcanic island arc do form an undersea volcanic mountain range. So to some extent the difference is mostly a matter of terminology.
What 2 mountain ranges protected India from outside invaders?
what 2 mountain ranges are located in india?
Are volcanoes always located near Mountain ranges?
Yes. The majority of volcanoes are found near plate boundaries.
What features form a convergent boundary?
The Himalayas, a mountain range at the northern edge of the India plate
Describe the landform of most of japan what makes it that way?
Japan is made up of rich land with fertile soil and mountain ranges. It is this way because of the major volcanic activity in Japan
How are the location of earthquakes mountain ranges and volcanic activity related?
"Young" mountain ranges as well as earthquakes, volcanoes and tectonic plates tend to be located on or near the boundaries of tectonic plates.
What three things do Mexico's mountain ranges create?
Rain shadow on the north, thus creating the Chihuahuan desert.The central Mexican plateau where both Sierra Madre ranges meet.A volcanic and earthquake-prone region to the west of Mexico.
What other mountain ranges were formed this way?
Mountain ranges such as Himalayas may be formed from magma during volcanicity takes place in volcanic mountains.
What type of boundaries creates volcanic mountains?
Volcanic mountain ranges are formed from oceanic-continental convergent-subduction boundaries, much like with volcanic islands. When a plate is subducted, the crust forming this plate is heated and melted creating magma which erupts from the crust and creates volcanic mountain ranges.
What are Hawaii's mountain ranges and deserts?
Hawaii has no true deserts nor does it have mountain ranges. All mountains in Hawaii are volcanic in origin and not the result of normal tectonic mountain building.
What mountain ranges are located to the east and north of rome?
The mountain ranges that are located to the east and north of rome are the alps and apennie mountains!
What type of boundaries creates mountains?
Volcanic mountain ranges are formed from oceanic-continental convergent-subduction boundaries, much like with volcanic islands. When a plate is subducted, the crust forming this plate is heated and melted creating magma which erupts from the crust and creates volcanic mountain ranges.
What type of mountain ranges form at convergent plate boundaries?
Folded and volcanic mountains
What are some mountain ranges in Thailand?
The mountain ranges in Thailand are the Phu Phan Range located in the East, the Phetchabun Range located in the West, the Sankambeng Range located in the Southwest, the Phnom Dangerek Range located in the South. These are all the mountain ranges in Thailand.
What are the names of the major mountain ranges in Africa?
Atlas Mountains, Cedeberg, Swartberg, Drakensberg, Magaliesberg, Kilimanjaro, with its three volcanic cones, Kibo, Mawenzi, and Shira are a few of the mountain ranges in Africa.welcome mountain and centresded mountain
Where is atlas mountain ranges located?
Scotland
Where are convergent located?
generally in mountain ranges
