they form around mid-ocean ridges
It is called a divergent plate boundary.
Convergent on the western perimeter, divergent on the Easter perimeter.
Divergent boundary is formed
divergent boundary
The mid-ocean ridge system is the longest continuous divergent plate boundary on Earth.
The Divergent Boundaries.
A divergent plate boundary.
Convergent plate boundary, divergent plate boundary and strike-slip (transform) plate boundary.
Divergent refers to a plate boundary where plates are moving apart. Plates are not referred to in terms of their boundary movements.
The Mid-Atlantic Ridge separates the North American plate from the African plate. This ridge runs through the Atlantic Ocean and marks the boundary where the two plates are moving apart.
divergent plate boundary
A divergent plate boundary.