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Mountain ranges are formed when two continental plates collide. When they converge one plate will be forced slightly under the other one.
Convergent boundary
It depends on the type of crust involved. If both plates carry oceanic crust, an ocean trench is formed along with a volcanic island are on the overriding plate. If one plate carries oceanic crust and the other continental, you will get an ocean trench, a continental volcanic arc, and a mountain range. If both plates carry continental crust, then a mountain range is formed.
when plate boundaries converge folded mountains are formed.
Folded mountains, like those of Himalayas and Alphs, are formed when the earth tectonic plates crush together at their borders. This is usually after a lot of pressure is exerted on the edges of these plates upwards leading to the formation of the mountainous folds.
When plates collide it is called a convergent boundary.newtest3
The Himalayas are Fold Mountains
Mountain ranges are formed when two continental plates collide. When they converge one plate will be forced slightly under the other one.
Mountain ranges are formed when two continental plates collide. When they converge one plate will be forced slightly under the other one.
Convergent boundary
Convergent boundary
When two plates collide directly (versus sliding along each other) they typically form a mountain range. For example, the Himalayan Mountains are are formed by the collision of the Eurasian Plate and the Indo-Australian Plate. As John McPhee says in "Annals of the Former World", the most amazing thing is that the summit of Mount Everest, the worlds tallest mountain, is marine limestone.
Folded mountains. These are formed when tectonic plates clashed together and formed in and up.
It depends on the type of crust involved. If both plates carry oceanic crust, an ocean trench is formed along with a volcanic island are on the overriding plate. If one plate carries oceanic crust and the other continental, you will get an ocean trench, a continental volcanic arc, and a mountain range. If both plates carry continental crust, then a mountain range is formed.
When two Continental plates collide, both plates lift upward and it can form mountains or mountain chains.
when plate boundaries converge folded mountains are formed.
Folded mountains, like those of Himalayas and Alphs, are formed when the earth tectonic plates crush together at their borders. This is usually after a lot of pressure is exerted on the edges of these plates upwards leading to the formation of the mountainous folds.