Tectonic plates

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Subduction Zone

A geological area where two tectonic plates collide and one plate dives beneath the other into the Earth's mantle.

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Divergent Boundary

Mid-ocean ridges in the oceans and rift valleys in containers. Mid Atlantic Ridge in the ATlantic Ocean, the Red Sea, and the Great Rift Valley in Africa.

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Collision zone

Himalayas (Indian plate is colliding with the Eurasian plate). The Andes plate (Nazca plate is colliding with the South American Plate). The Alps ( African plate is colliding with the Eurasian Plate).

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Transform boundary

Where Tectonic plates slide past each other horizontally, with little to no plate creation or destruction.