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Vera_Pavlovna [14]
3 years ago
10

Why do you think the area around the pacific plate is called the pacific ring of fire?

Geography
1 answer:
valentinak56 [21]3 years ago
8 0
This area is located on a convergent plate boundary where oceanic crust collides with continental crust. Because the oceanic crust is more dense, it sinks into the ground and heats up. It thus becomes a volcano as it rises back to the surface. This process is known as subduction.
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