Plate Boundaries of the World (and Their Varieties)



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| | |Ocean (( Ocean | |

| | |Example: Japan, | |

| | |W 1/2 Aleutian Islands | |

|Convergent Plate | | | |

|Boundary | | | |

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| | |Ocean (( Continent | |

| | |Example: Andes Mountains*, | |

| | |Cascade Mountains | |

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| | |Continent (( Continent | |

| | |Example: Himalayan Mountains* | |

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| | |Continent (( Continent | |

| | |Example: East African Rift* | |

|Divergent Plate Boundary| | | |

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|(2 sub-types) | | | |

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| | |Ocean (( Ocean | |

| | |Example: Youthful - Red Sea, | |

| | |Gulf of California | |

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| | |Example: Mature - Mid- | |

| | |Atlantic Ridge*/East Pacific Rise | |

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| | |Ocean Ocean* |Ocean Ocean |(Continent Continent) |

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|Transform Plate Boundary| | | | |

|(2 sub-types) | | | | |

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| | |Continent Continent | | |

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| | |Example: San Andreas Fault* | | |

* (shown in the video Continental Drift and Plate Tectonics)

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|Convergent Plate Boundary |

|Transform Plate Boundary |

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|Divergent Plate Boundary |

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Side view

Plate Boundaries

of the World

and their Varieties

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India

Sea floor

spreading center

Ocean (( Ocean

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Ocean Ocean

plate boundary

Pacific Plate

North American Plate

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