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  • Subduction Zones: Formation and Geological Features
    When oceanic plates slide under continental plates, it's called subduction, and it forms several geological features:

    * Volcanoes: The subducting plate melts, creating magma that rises to the surface and forms volcanoes. This is why many volcanic mountain ranges occur along the edges of continents.

    * Trench: The bending of the oceanic plate creates a deep depression in the ocean floor called a trench.

    * Earthquakes: The friction between the plates generates seismic waves, causing earthquakes.

    * Island arcs: If the subduction occurs along a chain of volcanoes, it can create a chain of islands called an island arc.

    So the answer to your question is volcanoes, trenches, earthquakes, and island arcs.

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