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What plate or plates does Africa sit on?
cocos plate
What are 3 continental plates?
They are tectonic plates. There are more than three plates. However, here are the names of three plates, Africa, North America, South America. The others are Europe/Asia and Australia.
What physical feature in Africa was formed when the plates pulled apart?
The Nile
The breaking up of the crustal plates formed in eastern Africa?
rift valley
Where are the African and Eurasian plates located?
Beneath Africa, and beneath Europe and Asia
How is lithosphere divided and how many plates were there?
Tectonic plates, 3 plates
How many plates are in the crustal plates?
There are 14 crustal plates on the earth.
What is the Great Rift Valley of East Africa an excellent example of?
The spreading of plates from a divergent boundary that divides an existing landmass into two separate plates.
Where on earth do you see evidence that tectonic plates have collided in the past?
south america and africa .
How many minor plates in the Earth?
20 plates
What part of Africa has many rift valleys?
The East African Rift Valley is the region in Africa known for having many rift valleys. It stretches over 3,000 kilometers from the Afar Triple Junction in Ethiopia to Mozambique in the south. It is where the African Plate is splitting into two separate plates, leading to the formation of rift valleys.
Mountains in northwest corner of africa?
The Atlas Mountains. They formed when Africa's and Europe's tectonic plates collided. That also formed the Mediterranean Sea and the Alps.
