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What type of mountains form at convergent boundaries where to oceanic plates meet?
Oceanic-continental convergent boundaries form mountains with a volcanic origin, such as the Andes in South America. Oceanic-oceanic convergent boundaries create volcanic island arcs, like the Japanese archipelago.
What are some examples of collisions between a continental plate and an oceanic plate?
Examples of collisions between a continental plate and an oceanic plate include the Andes Mountains in South America, where the Nazca Plate is subducting beneath the South American Plate, and the Himalayas in Asia, where the Indian Plate is colliding with the Eurasian Plate. These collisions result in the formation of mountain ranges and can lead to intense seismic activity and volcanic eruptions.
How was the Andes mountain range formed?
The Andes Mountains were formed through subduction of the oceanic plate underneath the South American plate.
Convergent continental oceanic definition?
Convergent continental-oceanic boundaries are locations where a continental plate collides with an oceanic plate, resulting in subduction of the denser oceanic plate beneath the less dense continental plate. This collision can lead to the formation of deep oceanic trenches, volcanic arcs, and earthquakes. The Andes Mountains in South America and the Cascades in North America are examples of convergent continental-oceanic boundaries.
What are mountains associated with convergent plate boundaries?
The mountains that are associated with convergent plate boundaries are mountain ranges or mountain belts. Examples of a mountain range is the Andes.
What 3 types of convergent boundaries exist?
The three types of convergent boundaries are oceanic-oceanic plate boundary (e.g. Japan Trench), oceanic-continental plate boundary (e.g. Andes Mountains), and continental-continental plate boundary (e.g. Himalayas).
Why are the Andes mountains moving?
The Andes mountains are moving because of the plate boundaries it is placed on, and as the plates moves the mountain must move with it.
What are examples of fold mountains?
andes and himalayas
What caused the Andes mountains to form?
They were formed by deposition and by convergent boundaries
Match the mountains with the type of collision that formed them?
Andes - continental oceanic aleutians - oceanic oceanic North American cordillera - arc continent Appalachians - continental continental
How was the Andes Mountains and Cascade Mountains most likely formed?
A convergent boundary between an oceanic plate and a continental plate.
Which mountains were formed as a result of ocean continental convergence?
The Andes Mountains :) ***** I would like to add the Himalayas, which rose when the Indian Plate collided with the European plate.
