Folded mountains from space

Formed by continental crust converging with continental crust

Folded mountains – notice the rock layers

Indian plate (continental crust) running into Eurasian plate (continental crust)

Indian plate

Eurasian plate

South American plate (continental crust) running into Nazca plate (oceanic crust)

View from space

Volcanoes form where a convergent boundary occurs between oceanic crust and continental crust.

Volcanoes also form where a convergent boundary occurs between oceanic crust and oceanic crust.

Aleutian islands of Alaska are volcanoes formed by oceanic crust converging with oceanic crust

Following volcanic islands in the Pacific Ocean can show us where oceanic crust is being subducted by oceanic crust.

Oceanic crust diverging from oceanic crust

African rift valley

Iceland’s rift valley