Moho: Quick Facts

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Facts

Also Known As	Mohorovičić discontinuity

Photos

Figure 25: Cross section of a convergent plate boundary involving a collision between two continental plates near a Himalaya-type mountain chain.

Cross-sectional diagram of Earth's outer layers, showing oceanic and continental crust at the surface, the rigid lithosphere, the partially melted asthenosphere, and transitions from upper to lower mantle, with labeled depths and rock properties.

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Topics

magma Earth’s crust Earth’s mantle Earth hydrosphere Atmosphere hemisphere region lithosphere Climate Equator Why Is Earth’s Axis Tilted?What Is Earth’s Velocity?How Old Is Earth?

Key People

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Andrija Mohorovičić

Croatian geophysicist