The Himalayas were formed:
A) by convergence of two plates each carrying oceanic crust only.
B) by convergence of two plates each carrying continental crust only.
C) by convergence of an oceanic plate with a continental plate, followed by continent-continent collision.
D) at a divergent plate boundary where oceanic crust is separating from continental crust.
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