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The oceanic plate adjacent. to a continental plate slides underneath because it is denser. Volcanic mountain ranges rise at the edge of the continent. The Andes Cordillera was formed this way.

The oceanic plate adjacent. to a continental plate slides underneath because it is denser. Volcanic mountain ranges rise at the edge of the continent. The Andes Cordillera was formed this way.
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The oceanic plate adjacent. to a continental plate slides underneath because it is denser. Volcanic mountain ranges rise at the edge of the continent. The Andes Cordillera was formed this way.
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