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In what type of plate boundary did mountains form?
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Most large mountain ranges form at convergent plate boundaries. When two plates collide they crumple and thicken the crust, producing mountains. Types:
- Continental–continental collision (biggest mountains): crust is pushed up and folded — e.g., the Himalayas (India colliding with Eurasia).
- Oceanic–continental subduction: the ocean plate subducts, generating volcanism and a volcanic mountain chain on the continent — e.g., the Andes.
(You can also get mountainous topography at divergent boundaries — mid‑ocean ridges are undersea mountain chains — while transform boundaries generally don’t build major mountain ranges.)
- Continental–continental collision (biggest mountains): crust is pushed up and folded — e.g., the Himalayas (India colliding with Eurasia).
- Oceanic–continental subduction: the ocean plate subducts, generating volcanism and a volcanic mountain chain on the continent — e.g., the Andes.
(You can also get mountainous topography at divergent boundaries — mid‑ocean ridges are undersea mountain chains — while transform boundaries generally don’t build major mountain ranges.)
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