PLATE BOUNDARIES

Divergent Plate Boundary Continental - Continental Direction of Movement: apart, dividing Description/Features: rift valley Example: The Great Rift Valley in Africa

Divergent Plate Boundary Oceanic – Oceanic Direction of Movement: apart, dividing Description/Features: mid ocean ridge by sea floor spreading Example: Mid-Atlantic Ridge

Transform Plate Boundary C C Direction of Movement: sliding past each other Description/Features: earthquakes fault lines Example: The San Andreas Fault

Convergent Plate Boundary Continental - Continental Collision C C Direction of Movement: colliding into each other Description/Features: mountain building Example: Himalayas Mountains

Convergent Plate Boundary Oceanic - Oceanic Subduction O O Direction of Movement: the old, denser crust subducts under the other Description/Features: volcanoes, deep ocean trench Example: Mariana Islands, Japan

Convergent Plate Boundary Oceanic - Continental Subduction C Direction of Movement: the more dense ocean crust subducts under the continental crust Description/Features: Volcanoes, deep ocean trench Example: Andes Mountains in South America O

Plate Boundaries