Eurasian Plate

The Eurasian Plate is a continental tectonic plate covering Eurasia except the Indian subcontinent, the Arabian subcontinent, and the area east of the Cherskiy Range??Verkhoyanskiy Ridge? in East Siberia. It extends westward to the Mid-Atlantic Ridge.

Related Topics:
Tectonic plate - Indian subcontinent - Arabian subcontinent - Cherskiy Range - Verkhoyanskiy Ridge - Siberia - Mid-Atlantic Ridge

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The easterly side is a boundary with the North American Plate to the north and a boundary with the Philippine Plate to the south, and possibly with the Okhotsk Plate and the Amurian Plate. The southerly side is a boundary with the African Plate to the west, the Arabian Plate in the middle and the Indo-Australian Plate to the east. The westerly side is a divergent boundary with the North American Plate forming the northernmost part of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge.

Related Topics:
North American Plate - Philippine Plate - Okhotsk Plate - Amurian Plate - African Plate - Arabian Plate - Indo-Australian Plate - Divergent boundary

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