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What is the description for continental convergent boundary

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a continental convergent boundry is when a continental and oceanic plates collide, the thinner and more dense oceanic plate is overridden by the thicker and less dense continental plate. The oceanic plate is forced down into the mantle in a process known as "subduction."

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