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The Nazca plate is moving southeast towards the South American plate, which is less dense, therefore causing the Nazca plate to be driven under the South American plate at about 77mm per year. The collision of these plates is responsible for lifting the massive Andes Mountains and causing the volcanoes which are strewn throughout them.
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Which plate is subducting beneath South American plate?
Nazca
What happens when the nazca seafloor plate pushes into the so American continental plate?
the nazca plate will move under the south american plate.
What body type is the Pacific plate and the Nazca Platew What boundary type is the Pacific plate and the Nazca plate?
The Nazca plate shares both convergent and divergent boundaries. The Pacific plate has both a transform boundary and divergent boundary
Are there earthquakes volcanoes hurricanes and tsunamis at he nazca plate boundary?
The plate boundary between the Nazca Plate and the South American Plate does produce volcanoes, earthquakes, and tsunamis. Hurricanes have nothing to do with plate boundaries.
What plate boundarys is Chances Peak on?
The Nazca plate and the South American plate
Tha plate the nazca plate is moving toward?
The South American Plate.
Which plate is subducting beneath South American plate?
Nazca
Which two tectonic plates are moving away from each other fastest?
The Nazca plate and the Cocos (pacific) plate.
Why is the boundary of the Nazca Plate considered divergent rather than convergent?
The Nazca plate has more than one boundary. The western and northern boundaries are divergent as the plates are moving apart from one another. However, the Nazca plate's eastern boundary is convergent as it collides with and subducts under the South American Plate.
What type of people live on the nazca plate?
the people that live on the nazca plate are the people of peru!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! the people that live on the nazca plate are the people of peru!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
What happens when nazca plate pushes into south American plate?
The Nazca Plate is subducted beneath the South American Plate.
What happens when the nazca seafloor plate pushes into the so American continental plate?
the nazca plate will move under the south american plate.
What body type is the Pacific plate and the Nazca Platew What boundary type is the Pacific plate and the Nazca plate?
The Nazca plate shares both convergent and divergent boundaries. The Pacific plate has both a transform boundary and divergent boundary
Which tectonic plates cause the Andes mountains to rise?
The Andes Mountain Range is a result of the Nazca Plate subducting under the South American Plate.
What plate is covered by water?
nazca plate
Where is the nazca plain?
nazca is located around peru and pacific plate
What has formed at the Nazca plate?
Earthquakes
