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about 25 miles thick
oceanic crust is 4-7 miles thick and continental crust is an average of 20-25 miles with a maximum of about 45 miles
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The continental crust is how many miles thick?
The continental crust is typically 20 to 30 miles thick. It is the outermost layer of the Earth's surface that forms the continents we live on.
Is the Moon's crust thicker than Earth's?
yes. Earths crust is 20 miles thick and the moon"s crust is 40 miles thick.
How thick is earth's crust in miles?
It is 25 miles long.
How thick is the earths oceanic crust?
one and a half miles thick
In what areas is the outermost layer of the earth the thinnest?
The earth's crust is the thinnest layer.the crust wich is the outermost layer on the earth on which we live
What is the layer of the earth that you stand on and that is a few miles thick?
We live on the crust. It is the thinnest layer of rock.
What is the size of the earths crust?
The Earths crust is approximately 650 km deep.
Is the thickness of Earth's crust even around the planet?
falseThe Earth's crust is quite variable in density and thickness. Some places on the ocean floors it is many miles thinner than on land.
How much depth below the earths surface is the crust?
The depth of the crust varies between 10 and 70 km in different areas, depending where you would measure it.
What part of the earth is about 1802 miles thick?
The Earth's crust is generally about 1802 miles thick. It consists of both continental crust (thicker, around 22 miles) and oceanic crust (thinner, around 5 miles). Below the crust, the mantle extends for about 1800 miles before reaching the Earth's outer core.
What is the thickness of the earths crust in miles?
The average is 9 miles.The average continental crust thickness is 22 miles thick. The maximum crust thickness is 56 miles underneath the Himalayas, and is 16 miles thick at its thinnest in various places.The average oceanic crust is about 4 miles thick.For the entire Earth then, the average crust thickness is 9 miles.To scale size, the earths crust would be about the thickness of 3 ordinary sheets of paper on a basketball. The thickness of a chicken eggshell would be 16 pieces of paper on a basketball, so the earths crust is 5 times thinner than a typical egg shell. And the crust is only as thick as the egg shell at its maximum thickness underneath Nepal.Sleep tight.
How thick is the crust where the oceans are?
Roughly 3 up to 6 miles.
