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Write True or False to the statements below.If the statement is false, rewrite the underlined word or phrase to make the statement true.
-In mainland Southeast Asia, population is concentrated in the mountains.


Definitions:

Continental Rifting

A tectonic process whereby the continental lithosphere stretches and breaks apart, leading to the formation of new ocean basins.

Passive Margin

The transition between oceanic and continental crust that is not an active plate boundary, typically characterized by a broad continental shelf and little seismic activity.

Island Arc

An island arc is a type of archipelago, composed predominantly of a series of volcanoes, which arcs roughly parallel to the boundary of oceanic tectonic plates that are being subducted beneath lighter continental plates.

Continental Rifting

The process by which a continent stretches and splits along a rift zone, potentially leading to the formation of a new ocean basin.

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