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==Examples== [[File:Tectonic plates (2022).svg|thumb|upright=1.8|Map of Earth's principal plates (convergent boundaries shown as blue or [[mauve]] lines)]] *The collision between the [[Eurasian plate]] and the [[Indian plate]] that is forming the [[Himalayas]].<ref name="Carr">{{cite news|last1=Carr|first1=Steve|title=UNM continental-scale helium study probes the deep structure of the Tibetan Plateau and the Himalayan plate collision|url=https://news.unm.edu/news/unm-continental-scale-helium-study-probes-the-deep-structure-of-the-tibetan-plateau-and-the-himalayan-plate-collision|access-date=5 July 2022|work=UNM Newsroom|date=March 31, 2022}}</ref><ref name="Stanford">{{cite news|last1=Stanford University|title=Hot springs reveal where continental plates collide beneath Tibet|url=https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/03/220314154424.htm|access-date=5 July 2022|work=ScienceDaily|date=March 14, 2022}}</ref> *The collision between the [[Australian plate]] and the [[Pacific plate]] that formed the [[Southern Alps]] in [[New Zealand]] *Subduction of the northern part of the [[Pacific plate]] and the NW [[North American plate]] that is forming the [[Aleutian Islands]]. *Subduction of the [[Nazca plate]] beneath the [[South American plate]] to form the [[Andes]]. *Subduction of the [[Pacific plate]] beneath the [[Indo-Australian plate|Australian plate]] and [[Tonga plate]], forming the complex [[New Zealand]] to [[New Guinea]] subduction/transform boundaries. *Collision of the [[Eurasian plate]] and the [[African plate]] formed the [[Pontic Mountains]] in [[Turkey]]. *Subduction of the [[Pacific plate]] beneath the [[Mariana plate]] formed the [[Mariana Trench]]. *Subduction of the [[Juan de Fuca plate]] beneath the [[North American plate]] to form the [[Cascade Range]].
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