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What kind of boundary separates the South American Plate from the Nazca Plate?
It is called a convergent plate boundary.
What happens when nazca plate pushes into south American plate?
The Nazca Plate is subducted beneath the South American Plate.
What are the seven major lithospheric plates?
1. Pacific Plate2. North American plate3. South American Plate4.African Plate5. Eurasian plate6. Australian plateand last but not least7. Antarctic plate
What type of crust is found on the nazca plate?
It forms a convergent boundary with the South American Plate, divergent.
What are the ten major plates?
African PlateAntarctic PlateEurasian PlateIndo-Australian PlateNorth American PlatePacific PlateSouth American PlateJuan de Fuca PlateNazca PlateCaribbean Plate
What kind of plate boundary separates the south American plate from the African plate?
convergent
What kind of boundary separates the South American Plate from the Nazca Plate?
It is called a convergent plate boundary.
Which plate borders the South American plate on east?
there are two plate that is surround the south American plate is the Nazca plate and the Cocoas plate.
Which plate borders the South American plate on the east?
there are two plate that is surround the south American plate is the Nazca plate and the Cocoas plate.
What happens when nazca plate pushes into south American plate?
The Nazca Plate is subducted beneath the South American Plate.
What is the tectonic plate is Brazil located?
The country of Brazil is part of the South American Plate.
What type of plate occurs between the nazca plate and South American plate?
It forms a convergent boundary with the South American Plate, divergent.
Which tectonic plates cause the Andes mountains to rise?
The Andes Mountain Range is a result of the Nazca Plate subducting under the South American Plate.
What plates correspond to the midatlantic ridge?
it corresponds to the south american, african, north american, and eurasian plates
What type of plate boundry occurs between the Nazca Plate and South American Plate?
It forms a convergent boundary with the South American Plate, divergent.
What plate carries South America?
the South American Plate carries South America
The Mid-Atlantic Ridge separates the Eurasian Plate from what other plate?
It separates the Eurasian Plate and North American Plate in the North Atlantic, and the African Plate from the South American Plate in the South Atlantic.
