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GCSE Geography · key term
A plate boundary where plates move apart and new crust forms; also called a constructive boundary.
Used by Edexcel
Paper 1
Revise: Types and Distribution of Plate BoundariesVolcanoes occur mainly at divergent boundaries and convergent boundaries involving subduction. Hotspots provide another setting for volcanoes, including locations far from a plate boundary.
Hotspots can occur away from plate boundaries, but not all do: Iceland has both a divergent boundary and a hotspot.
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