Convergent boundary

In plate tectonics, a convergent boundary (convergent fault boundary or convergent plate boundary - also: active margin) is where two continental plates slide towards each other, usually forming either a subduction zone or an orogenic belt.

Convergent Boundaries

• that between the Eurasian Plate and the Indo-Australian Plate which forms the Himalayas

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