In regions of convergence, one plate can sink under another in a subduction zone, or two colliding plates can form a mountain belt ... data to investigate a plate boundary in New Zealand where ...

The tiny Juan de Fuca plate is largely responsible for the ... making the ridge the longest mountain range in the world. On land, giant troughs such as the Great Rift Valley in Africa form where ...

And often they’re found in groups called mountain ranges. This is Snowdon. The summit, or top of the mountain, is over 1000m high and it’s part of a mountain range called Snowdonia.

or slide under that plate. A collisional boundary occurs where two land masses on plates are pushed together. Trying to occupy the same space, the land masses buckle and fold, creating mountain ...