Arabian Plate and Indian Plate

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The Arabian Plate and Indian Plate are two major tectonic plates in the Eastern Hemisphere whose interaction shapes the geology and seismic activity of regions including the Arabian Sea, the Indian Ocean, and surrounding landmasses.

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Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf tectonic plate ⓘ
tectonic plate ⓘ
adjacentTo Arabian Sea ⓘ
Arabian Sea ⓘ
Indian Ocean ⓘ
Persian Gulf ⓘ
Red Sea ⓘ
associatedWith Carlsberg Ridge ⓘ
Central Indian Ridge ⓘ
Gulf of Aden spreading center ⓘ
Red Sea spreading center ⓘ
averageVelocity about 2–3 cm per year ⓘ
about 4–5 cm per year ⓘ
borders African Plate ⓘ
Antarctic Plate ⓘ
Australian Plate ⓘ
Eurasian Plate ⓘ
Eurasian Plate ⓘ
Indian Plate ⓘ
linked to: India Plate
boundedBy Gulf of Aden Ridge ⓘ
Himalayan Front ⓘ
linked to: Himalayan front

Mid-Indian Ridge ⓘ
Ninety East Ridge ⓘ
linked to: Ninetyeast Ridge

Red Sea Rift ⓘ
Zagros Thrust Belt ⓘ
causes seismic activity in Himalayan region ⓘ
seismic activity in Zagros region ⓘ
contributesTo seismic hazard in Middle East ⓘ
seismic hazard in South Asia ⓘ
influences geology of Arabian Peninsula ⓘ
geology of Indian subcontinent ⓘ
interactsWith Arabian Plate ⓘ
Indian Plate ⓘ
linked to: India Plate
locatedIn Eastern Hemisphere ⓘ
Eastern Hemisphere ⓘ
meets Indian Plate in Arabian Sea region ⓘ
motionDirection north-northeastward ⓘ
northward ⓘ
motionType convergent toward Eurasian Plate ⓘ
convergent toward Eurasian Plate ⓘ
movesRelativeTo Eurasian Plate ⓘ
Eurasian Plate ⓘ
overlies upper mantle ⓘ
upper mantle ⓘ
partOf lithosphere ⓘ
lithosphere ⓘ
subductsBeneath Burmese microplate at Sunda Arc region ⓘ
linked to: Burma Plate

Eurasian Plate along Himalayan arc ⓘ
underthrusts Eurasian Plate at Himalayas ⓘ
Eurasian Plate at Zagros Mountains ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Owen Fracture Zone → marksBoundaryBetween → Arabian Plate and Indian Plate ⓘ
Carlsberg Ridge → relativeMotionBetween → Arabian Plate and Indian Plate ⓘ
Arabia–India–Somalia triple-plate region → hasRelativeMotionBetween → Arabian Plate and Somali Plate ⓘ
linked to: Arabian Plate and Indian Plate