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The Andes mountain range is created by Pacific Plate diving under the South American Plate. The lighter materials on the subducting plate are easily melted, and thus create the volcanic chain that is the Andes.
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Which two tectonic plates are colliding causing the rise of the Andes Mountains?
The Nazca and the South American plates are colliding forming the Andes Mountain.
What is the relation between tectonic plates and mountains?
Mountains are formed by plae tectonics. It happens when 2 plates collide and 1 plate is pushed up. The resulting upwards force makes a mountain range. The Rockies, Andes, and the Himalayas are all examples of this.
How do mountains form where continental plates collide?
They form because of stresses put on the continental plate, forcing it to crumple. The effect of rising is furthered by the oceanic plate forcing it upwards, and by the melted material also pushing upwards, which is why these ranges also tend to be volcanic. An example is the Andes
What are convergent zones?
A2. A Convergent Boundary is where two Tectonic Plates come together.They are Destructive boundaries, for some of the plates are consumed. The Himalayas are an example where the plates converge, and build a mountain range between them. There still will be some subduction.The Andes of S America are where the pacific Plate is being subducted beneath the S American Plate.
What are the two plates that collide to form the Himalayas?
The Himalayan mountain chain is formed by the convergence of the Indian and Eurasian plates. This mountain formation due to convergent plates is more correctly known as an orogeny or orogenic event. Please see related links.
What caused the Andes to be created?
The Andes were created by tectonic plate movement, as were most mountain ranges. The Pacific and South American tectonic plates came into collision, and as a result their borders were slowly forced upwards, which created the Andes over millions of years.
Which two tectonic plates are colliding causing the rise of the Andes Mountains?
The Nazca and the South American plates are colliding forming the Andes Mountain.
How were the Andes mountains and other mountain chains formed?
by tectonic plates colliding
What created the Andes mountains?
two continential plates
Earthquakes and volcanoes threaten the Andes because two tectonic plates meet at the region's edge true or false?
True.
What is the relation between tectonic plates and mountains?
Mountains are formed by plae tectonics. It happens when 2 plates collide and 1 plate is pushed up. The resulting upwards force makes a mountain range. The Rockies, Andes, and the Himalayas are all examples of this.
What mountains for the western coast of Soth America?
The Andes Mountains run along the western coast of South America. The Andes Mountains are still changing due to the pushing together of the American and Pacific tectonic plates.
How do mountains form where continental plates collide?
They form because of stresses put on the continental plate, forcing it to crumple. The effect of rising is furthered by the oceanic plate forcing it upwards, and by the melted material also pushing upwards, which is why these ranges also tend to be volcanic. An example is the Andes
What would be the best explanation for the existence of the andes mountains along the west coast of south america?
The Andes Mountains formed because two tectonic plates (a tectonic plate is a piece of the Earth's crust), the Nazca Plate and the Antarctic Plate, pushed into the western edge of South America. This compressed the western edge of the South American plate, and folded it, creating the Andes Mountains. A few of the mountains were formed by volcanic activity. which is also the result of the collision between this plates.
What types of lithosphere are colliding to produce the Andes mountains?
collision
Who makes Andes?
The Andes mountains are associated with the pattern of tectonic activity known as the Ring of Fire.
What is the backbone that runs from Canada to South America?
The "continental backbone" of North America is the Rocky Mountains and of South America is the Andes. However, these are separate mountain ranges, on different tectonic plates.
