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  • Understanding Plate Boundaries: Types and Locations
    The boundaries between tectonic plates are called plate boundaries. There are three types of plate boundaries: convergent boundaries, divergent boundaries, and transform boundaries.

    * Convergent boundaries: These are boundaries where two plates are moving towards each other. When two continental plates collide, they can form mountains. When an oceanic plate and a continental plate collide, the oceanic plate can be subducted under the continental plate, forming a trench.

    * Divergent boundaries: These are boundaries where two plates are moving away from each other. As the plates move apart, new oceanic crust is formed in the gap between them.

    * Transform boundaries: These are boundaries where two plates are sliding past each other. Transform boundaries can be strike-slip faults, where the plates are moving horizontally past each other, or dip-slip faults, where the plates are moving vertically past each other.

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