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Describe how a volcano is formed at a Continental Rift. Be sure to include, in your description, what is occurring at the plate boundary.

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Simply, the stuff that makes up the Earth's mantle is rising at where two plates make a boundary, and when all that stuff reaches the top, it forms a volcano, and more of that stuff continues to push up, making the volcano taller and taller.
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