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What happens when two moving plates of earth's crust collide head on with each other ?

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When two plates collide head-on, they push each other up and form mountains. That's how the Himalayas and other great mountain ranges (including the Rockies, long ago) were created. When one plate dives below another plate, it creates a subduction zone as the diving plate is crushed and melted.

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