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How can mountain formation be described according to the theory of plate tectonics?

How can mountain formation be described according to the theory of plate tectonics?
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How can mountain formation be described according to the theory of plate tectonics?

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Movements of tectonic plates create volcanoes along the plate boundaries, which erupt and form mountains.
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When two tectonic plates collide and one or both push upwards they also push up the crust,a mountain will for
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