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The Andes mountains are found along the western coast of South America. What kind of plate boundary is responsible for this mountain range?

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The answere is "The Nazca plate is converging with the South American plate."

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The plate boundary of the Nazca plate is subduction on the South American Plate which cause the magma to rise think of this example: India it's getting "eaten" from the Himalayas range like Mount Everest, Everest gets taller because of India's subduction.

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