Plate boundaries in 3D

See what happens at each kind of plate boundary: rift valleys and ridges, subduction and volcanoes, fold mountains, and transform faults.

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What type of boundary is the East African Rift?

A divergent (constructive) boundary, where the African plate is splitting apart.

How were the Himalayas formed?

By the collision of the Indian and Eurasian plates, two continental plates, which crumpled the crust into fold mountains.

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