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Which tectonic plates are convergent?

Convergent plate boundaries are formed where the crust is destroyed as one plate dived under another. The location where the sinking of a plate occurs is called a subduction zone. There are three ways in which convergence can occur. These are: 

  • Between an oceanic and continental plate 
  • Between two oceanic plates and 
  • Between two continental plates

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