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Tectonic Landforms Flashcards

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Rift Valley

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Constructive (Divergent) Boundary
Lowland Valley Region Formed by Plates Moving Apart

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Mid Ocean Ridge

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Constructive (Divergent) Boundary
Continuous Range of Underwater Volcanoes

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Deep Sea Trench

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Destructive (Convergent) Boundary
Subduction (Oceanic-Continental)
Long, Narrow, Deep Sided Depressions on Ocean Floor

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Young Fold Mountains

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Destructive (Convergent) Boundary
Subduction (Oceanic-Continental)
Mountains formed by two plates colliding and folding upwards
10-25 Million Years Old

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Volcanoes

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Destructive (Convergent) Boundary
Subduction (Oceanic-Oceanic)
Mountains with magma pathways

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Island Arcs

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Destructive (Convergent) Boundary
Subduction (Oceanic-Oceanic)
Long curved chain of oceanic volcanic islands

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Mountains

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Destructive (Convergent) Boundary
Collision (Continental-Continental)
Large old heavy plates converging and forming a mountain over time
Can be 100s of Millions of Years Old

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(Fault Lines)

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Conservative (Transform) Boundary
- No Other Landforms

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