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Two plates when pushed upwards and against each other form mountain ranges. The reverse process is when two plates pull away from each other which would result in a canyon. A normal sized river flows due to this, running from north to south on its top.
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Plate Tectonics raises uplands and mountain chains, yes, but canyons in such landscapes are incised by rivers. Plate rifting (rather than plates pulling away from each other, which is a constructive plate margin) can create a rift valley such as the Great Rift Valley in Kenya. While such a valley may carry a river it does so by consequence. The last sentence does not really make sense.
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∙ 13y agoThe undersea canyons formed by plate tectonics are called trenches. e.g. Tonga Trench. Philippines trench. They are caused by one of the tectonic plates sliding under another, and diving deep into the mantle. Commonly the cause of earthquakes.
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∙ 11y agothe plates move or rub together to make a canyon or others things
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What is canyons the difference between trenches?
Canyons are formed by rivers engraving a hole in the rock over time and trenches are the result of tectonic plates separating.
When are island arc volcanoes formed?
The island-arc volcanoes are formed from the subduction of an oceanic tectonic plate under another tectonic plate, and often parallel an oceanic trench.
When are island-arc volcanoes formed?
The island-arc volcanoes are formed from the subduction of an oceanic tectonic plate under another tectonic plate, and often parallel an oceanic trench.
On which tectonic plate is panama located?
Actually, people think that Panama is on the Central America Tectonic plate, but it's really on a little tectonic plate, called the Panama Tectonic Plate.
How were the Ouachita mountains formed?
The Appalachian Mountains formed about 480 million years ago. They were formed in tectonic plate collisions that eventually led to the birth of the Pangaea continent, and used to extend to what is now Morocco.
What is canyons the difference between trenches?
Canyons are formed by rivers engraving a hole in the rock over time and trenches are the result of tectonic plates separating.
When are island arc volcanoes formed?
The island-arc volcanoes are formed from the subduction of an oceanic tectonic plate under another tectonic plate, and often parallel an oceanic trench.
When are island-arc volcanoes formed?
The island-arc volcanoes are formed from the subduction of an oceanic tectonic plate under another tectonic plate, and often parallel an oceanic trench.
On which tectonic plate is panama located?
Actually, people think that Panama is on the Central America Tectonic plate, but it's really on a little tectonic plate, called the Panama Tectonic Plate.
What from of plate tectonic movement formed the Himalayas?
The Himalayas were formed by the collision of the Eurasian plate (continental) and the Indo-Australian plate (continental).
How were the Ouachita mountains formed?
The Appalachian Mountains formed about 480 million years ago. They were formed in tectonic plate collisions that eventually led to the birth of the Pangaea continent, and used to extend to what is now Morocco.
A reverse fault is formed by what type of tectonic plate boundary?
A convergent boundary!
What is formed when the rock making up a tectonic plate breaks or moves?
A fault
What is formed when the rock making up a tectonic plate breaks and moves?
Nop
What kinds of mountains are formed by plate tectonic motions?
All of them. Every mountain there is.
Where are most volcano form?
They are mostly formed along tectonic plate boundaries.
What is an accretionary wedge?
An accretionary wedge is the accumulation of sediment formed by an oceanic plate and a tectonic plate, as it is scraped from the top of the oceanic plate.
