Collisional Plate Boundaries

(continental crush)

When two continental plates collide that’s when Mountains form.

At these boundaries the solid rock splits and huge pieces of rock pile on top of each other.

Where these boundaries occur are the highest mountains on the earth since neither plate sink but get crushed upwards.

A great example is the Himalayan Mountain Range, the highest mountain range in the world.

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Mount Everest

1. Mountains form at what type of boundary
Convergent boundaries, especially collisional boundaries Divergent boundaries


2. Continental crush occurs with which two types of plates?
Two continental plates One continental plate and one oceanic plate
3. What is the highest mountain range in the world caused by continental crush?
Mount Everest mountain range Himalayan mountain range
4. Collisional boundary or continental crush is what type of boundary
Convergent boundary Transform boundary

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