orogenic belt

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World map showing the principal tectonic plates that make up Earth's lithosphere, with plate boundaries outlined in red and major plates labeled, including the Pacific, North American, South American, African, Eurasian, Indo-Australian, Antarctic, Nazca, Cocos, and Caribbean plates. Triangles mark notable geological features such as volcanoes along plate boundaries.

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World map showing the principal tectonic plates that make up Earth's lithosphere, with plate boundaries outlined in red and major plates labeled, including the Pacific, North American, South American, African, Eurasian, Indo-Australian, Antarctic, Nazca, Cocos, and Caribbean plates. Triangles mark notable geological features such as volcanoes along plate boundaries.

Earth's principal tectonic plates

The principal tectonic plates that make up Earth's lithosphere. Also located are...

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