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What Plates Are Colliding to Form the Andes Mountains?

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Read the informative and detailed explanation of what plates are colliding to form the Andes Mountains. David Scarboro provides his expert advice to help students understand the answer to this question.

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mountains
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Additional Tags
andes mountains, east pacific rise, nazca plate, peru mountains, south american mountains, south american peaks, landform, mountain range, mountain system, mountains of south america, underplating
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  • Knovation Readability Score: 3 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)
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