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Earth is 24,000 kilometers in Circumference.

C = Pi times r. So r = 24,000 / 3.14159 or a radius of just about 8,000 kilometers wide.

A radius of 8,000 kilometers amounts to the Diameter of 16,000 km.

The thickness of Earth's crust varies as per Location.

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The earths crust is 5-10 km beneath the oceans; 20-70 km beneath the continents. In all the crust is 5-70 km thick.

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2,970 km. Cited:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mantle_(geology)

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5,000mm-100,000mm. It depends on where you measure it from.

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On average, oceanic crust is 5 km (3 mi) to 10 km (6 mi) thick.

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70 miles in thickness

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How thick is the earths continental crust?

The continental crust is about 25 to 70 kilometers thick. The average is about 50 kilometers.


How thick is earths crust?

The continental crust, (where all the land is) is generally around 30 km (20 mi) to 50 km (30 mi) thick. The oceanic crust (the bottom of the sea) is roughly 5 km (3 mi) to 10 km (6 mi) thick.


What is similar to granite that is about 30 km thick?

continental crust


What is the size of the earths crust?

The Earths crust is approximately 650 km deep.


How thick is the continental crust and the ocean crust?

continental: 25 to 70 km thick oceanic: 5km to 10km


How thick is the continental crust and oceanic crust?

continental: 25 to 70 km thick oceanic: 5km to 10km


Continental crust are?

up to 70 km thick


40 to 70 km thick?

the thickness of continental crust


What part of the earths structure is 100 km thick?

the crust


Is the continental crust more dense than the oceanic crust?

Oceanic crust is thinner (about 6-8 km in total) and more dense. Continental crust is about 30-50 km thick.


What is the thickness of earth's layers?

the crust is the thickness of earths layers


The earths crust varies from 8km to 40 km what does this show?

it show 8km is oceanic crust and 40km is continental crust