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3.When a continental plate and an oceanic plate converge they create a?

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When a continental plate and an oceanic plate converge, the oceanic plate is subducted under the continental plate because of the high density of the oceanic plate forming eventually a deep sea trench and a line of volcanoes known as a continental arc (in some cases can also causes earthquakes).

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