Build mountains. Trigger volcanoes ... Also known as subduction boundary, a convergent boundary occurs where one plate slides under another as the two are pushed together. If there is land ...

As the mash-up continues, the mountains get higher. Mount Everest, the highest point on Earth, may be a tiny bit taller tomorrow than it is today. These convergent boundaries also occur where a ...

The theory explains the how and why behind mountains, volcanoes ... plate tectonic activity takes place at four types of boundaries: divergent boundaries, where new crust is formed; convergent ...