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====Convergent Boundaries are when two plates slide near each other. When the plates collide, they either create a subduction zone, or a continental collision. Continental collisions usualy occur in mountain ranges. Such as the Andes Mountains, the largest mountain range in the world. Subduction zones on the other hand, occur in deep ocean trenches. Such as the Mariana Trench. The Mariana Trench is the deepest point of the Earth.====

Divergent Boundaries
====Divergent Boundaries occur when magma rises and pushes plates apart along the way, in oceans. Divergent boundaries renews the ocean floor, and widens the huge basins. One mid ocean ridge system, connects the world'd oceans, which make the longest mountain range in the world. Inlcuding the Great Rift Valley in Africa, other big troughs if the plates continue to diverge in the future, Africa will split from the continent, and form a brand new landmass. .====

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science.nationalgeographic.com/science/earth/the-dynamic-earth,plate-tectonics-article


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