Convergent margins

From GeoClasses

Where plates collide they create mountains, but the elevation and width of the mountain ranges depend on what type of collision is occurring.

Continent-continent collision. The Indian subcontinent collides with Eurasia. From: NASA Visible Earth

• Continental-continental crust collisions create huge mountain ranges like the Himalayas.

Continent-oceanic crust collision. South America, showing the deep oceanic trench off the west Coast.

• Continent-oceanic crust collisions create mountain ranges like the Andes, and offshore trenches.

Oceanic-oceanic crust collision. The Marianas island arc.

• Oceanic-oceanic crust collisions create island arcs and oceanic trenches.

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