<P> The location where two plates meet is called a plate boundary . Plate boundaries are commonly associated with geological events such as earthquakes and the creation of topographic features such as mountains , volcanoes , mid-ocean ridges , and oceanic trenches . The majority of the world 's active volcanoes occur along plate boundaries , with the Pacific Plate 's Ring of Fire being the most active and widely known today . These boundaries are discussed in further detail below . Some volcanoes occur in the interiors of plates , and these have been variously attributed to internal plate deformation and to mantle plumes . </P>
<P> The location where two plates meet is called a plate boundary . Plate boundaries are commonly associated with geological events such as earthquakes and the creation of topographic features such as mountains , volcanoes , mid-ocean ridges , and oceanic trenches . The majority of the world 's active volcanoes occur along plate boundaries , with the Pacific Plate 's Ring of Fire being the most active and widely known today . These boundaries are discussed in further detail below . Some volcanoes occur in the interiors of plates , and these have been variously attributed to internal plate deformation and to mantle plumes . </P>
a region of earth 's crust where tectonic plates meet is called a
a region of earth 's crust where tectonic plates meet is called a
plate boundary
plate boundary