What is most often the case when an ocean plate converges with another plate?

mountain building
new land is created due to magma
large rift valleys
some kind of subduction zone

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When an ocean plate converges with another plate, the most common outcome is the formation of some kind of subduction zone. In this scenario, the denser oceanic plate is typically forced beneath the less dense continental plate or another oceanic plate, leading to geological features such as deep ocean trenches and volcanic arcs. This process can also contribute to mountain building and the creation of new land due to magma, but the defining characteristic of the convergence is the formation of a subduction zone.