In addition, the diving plate melts and is often spewed out in volcanic eruptions such as those that formed some of the mountains in the Andes of South America. At ocean-ocean convergences ...

The Andes mountain range, located in South America, is a geological marvel that has existed for roughly 50 million years. Formed by the collision of the South American and Pacific tectonic plates ...

The Earth's longest mountain chain isn't the Andes in South America ... At the East Pacific rise, which is pushing a plate into the west coast of South America, the rate is 12.6 inches (32.2 ...

The plates fit together like jigsaw puzzle ... that are still growing - like in South America’s Andes, or the world’s tallest mountain, Everest, in the Himalayas in Asia.