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When plates are actually coming towards each other, there can be two different boundaries: collision and destructive boundaries. In a collision boundary, there are earthquakes, and fold mountains are created from the plates pushing up against each other, like the Himalayas. When there is a destructive boundary, like the Eurasian and Pacific plates, the oceanic plate slides underneath the continental plate, being destroyed and causing earthquakes and volcanic eruptions. There are two other types of boundaries: conservative, where plates slide past each other, and constructive, where plates move away from each other.

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