Convergent Boundary

Type 3 Continental - Continental collision

Continental collision is a phenomenon of the plate tectonics of Earth that occurs at convergent boundaries. Continental collision is a variation on the fundamental process of subduction, whereby the subduction zone is destroyed, mountains produced, and two continents sutured together.

Can form vast mountain ranges

Southern Alps New Zealand

Collision of the Australian Plate and the Pacific Plate

Pontic Mountains Turkey

Effected by the collision of the Eurasian and African Plates