How could pulling a continental crust apart create mountains and basins?

What are the mountains and basins called?

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Humberto Hansen

Geography

19 May, 18:59

How could pulling a continental crust apart create mountains and basins?

What are the mountains and basins called?

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Aryan Mata · Answer 1

It could do so ...

Explanation:

by when continental crust breaks apart (continental, not oceanic), the crust comes apart and breaks apart, causing a bunch of rocks to crumble onto the opening, it also can allow lava and magma from the mantle to come up and form volcanoes, etc.

How could pulling a continental crust apart create mountains and basins?What are the mountains and basins called?

How could pulling a continental crust apart create mountains and basins?

What are the mountains and basins called?