OC-Convergent

=OCEANIC-CONTINENTAL CONVERGENT =
 * [ When an oceanic plate pushes into and subducts under a continental plate,**

- Plates Boundaries. Retrieved February 26, 2009, from Plate Tectonics Web site: []
 * the overriding continental plate is lifted up and a mountain range is created. ]**

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** OCCURS WITHIN: **
- Retrieved February 26, 2009, Web site: []
 * The Washington-Oregon Coastline
 * The Andes Mountain Range
 * The Cascade Mountain Range

** EFFECTS: **
- USGS. Retrieved February 27, 2009, from Understanding Plate Motions Web site: []
 * Long, narrow, curving trenches thousands of kilometers long cutting into the ocean floor.
 * Destructive earthquakes and uplift of mountain ranges in South America.
 * Volcanoes in Andes and Cascade ranges.

- Retrieved March 2, 2009, Web site: []

**OC-CONVERGENT TRIVIA:**

 * In what areas do destructive earthquakes and uplifting of mountains occur?
 * The overriding contiental plate is lifted, creating a mountain range when what happens?
 * Give an example where an oceanic-contiental convergent can occur:
 * What natural disaster causes this convergent boundary?