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Volcanic mountains are mountains that form when molten rock erupts onto the Earth's surface. They can either form on land or in the ocean. The Cascade Range in Washington, Oregon and northern California is made of volcanoes. Some of the largest volcanoes are on divergent boundaries, which form the mid-ocean ridges. The mid-ocean ridges have big volcanic mountain chains that run through the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans. The mountains in the mid-ocean ridges can actually grow tall enough to create islands such as Iceland or the Azores.
Other volcanic mountains can form over hot spots, which are pockets of magma beneath the crust that erupt onto Earth's surface. The Hawaiian Islands are actually the tops of really high volcanic islands that have formed over a hot spot on the sea floor. The main Hawiian island is actually a volcano that is about 9 km above the ocean floor, with a base that is about 160 km wide. Almost 4 km of this island is above sea level.
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How do the volcanic mountains form?
the volcanic mountains form by the earths eruptions and creates hot lava that cools off and creates and forms volcanic mountains
What kind of mountains form on the land side of a subduction zone?
volcanic mountains
Where do volcanic mountains form?
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How do folded volcanic and fault block mountains differ?
Volcanic mountains can erupt, folded mountains form when rock layers are squeezed together and pushed upward, fault block mountains form when tension makes the lithosphere break into many normal faults
Are all mountains volcanic?
No. The vast majority of mountains are not volcanic.
How do the volcanic mountains form?
the volcanic mountains form by the earths eruptions and creates hot lava that cools off and creates and forms volcanic mountains
What type of volcano commonly develops to form large volcanic mountains?
Composite volcanos commonly develop to form large volcanic mountains.
What two types of mountains form by volcanic activity?
Volcanic activity can form fold mountains or block mountains. Fold mountains are formed when tectonic plates collide. Block mountains are formed when fault block shifts.
What is the area that creates volcanic mountains?
There are two areas where volcanic mountains often form. They are subduction zones and hot spots.
What mountains form by molded materials?
Volcanic mountains are formed by molded material
What kind of mountains form on the land side of a subduction zone?
volcanic mountains
Where do volcanic mountains form?
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What builds volcanic mountains?
Volcanic mountains form as layers of lava flows and/or pyroclastic material pile up from successive eruptions.
Do volcanoes create new landforms such as mountains?
Yes. They can form volcanic mountains .
What do convergent boundarys form?
They form landforms such as trenches, islands and volcanic mountains.
What types of mountains are formed by volcanic activity?
Volcanic activity can form fold mountains or block mountains. Fold mountains are formed when tectonic plates collide. Block mountains are formed when fault block shifts.
What types of mountains form at convergent boundaries where two oceanic plates meet?
volcanic mountains
