This image shows a slice through the Earth at a convergent
plate boundary.
Trench
Subduction zone
This view illustrates just one of the
ways that plates behave when they collide. In this case, one plate is
pulled beneath another forming a subduction zone. The long, narrow zone
where the two plates meet is called a trench.
This view illustrates just one of the
ways that plates behave when they collide. In this case, one plate is
pulled beneath another forming a subduction zone. The long, narrow zone
where the two plates meet is called a trench.