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Any mountian that forms over a hot spot is volcanic. The molten rock rises to the earth's surface in a mantle and forms a volcano

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Can a hot spot form stratovolcano?

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What type of mountain is formed due to collision due to two different kinds of plates?

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What landforms can form independent of plate boundaries?

Some landforms that can form independent of plate boundaries include volcanoes that form over hot spots in the middle of plates, rift valleys that form at divergent boundaries within plates, and dome mountains that form from uplift and erosion processes.


What do hot spots form?

flood basalts and volcanoes


What processes found at hot spots will help form the following rocks?

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