tectonic plate

1. Any of several large pieces of the Earth's lithosphere which participate in plate tectonics.

   Platte, tektonische Platte

   тектони́ческая плита́tektoníčeskaja plitá, литосфе́рная плита́litosférnaja plitá, плита́plitá

   тектоні́чна плита́tektoníčna plytá, літосфе́рна плита́litosférna plytá, плита́plytá

1. Tectonic plates are pieces of the lithosphere.

   ruТектонические плиты – это составные части литосферы.

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2. Sixty percent of all active volcanoes occur at the boundaries between tectonic plates.

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3. As tectonic plates shifted, uniquely adapted species of dinosaur emerged on each continent through vicariance.

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4. The Himalayas were formed by the collision of the tectonic plates of India and Eurasia about 50 million years ago.

   ruГималаи образовалась при столкновении тектонических плит Индии и Евразии около 50 миллионов лет назад.

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5. New Zealand is known as "The Shaky Isles" because of its location on the margin of two colliding tectonic plates.

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