Indian Plate

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Indian_Plate

GPTKB entity

Statements (76)

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	geographical region
gptkbp:age	Precambrian to present
gptkbp:area	about 11 million square kilometers
gptkbp:borders	gptkb:Burma_Plate gptkb:Eurasian_Plate gptkb:Antarctic_Plate gptkb:Australian_Plate gptkb:Sunda_Plate gptkb:African_Plate gptkb:Somali_Plate
gptkbp:collidedWith	gptkb:Eurasian_Plate
gptkbp:collisionResultedIn	formation of the Himalayas formation of the Tibetan Plateau
gptkbp:covers	Indian subcontinent parts of the Indian Ocean parts of the Arabian Sea parts of the Bay of Bengal
gptkbp:hasFeature	gptkb:Cambay_Basin gptkb:Carlsberg_Ridge gptkb:Cauvery_Basin gptkb:Central_Indian_Ridge gptkb:Chaman_Fault gptkb:Himalayan_Foreland_Basin gptkb:Himalayan_Frontal_Thrust gptkb:Indian_Shield gptkb:Indus_Suture_Zone gptkb:Kerala-Konkan_Basin gptkb:Kirthar_Range gptkb:Kutch_Basin gptkb:Laxmi_Ridge gptkb:Mahanadi_Basin gptkb:Main_Boundary_Thrust gptkb:Main_Central_Thrust gptkb:Mascarene_Plateau gptkb:Mumbai_Offshore_Basin gptkb:Murray_Ridge gptkb:Ninetyeast_Ridge gptkb:Owen_Fracture_Zone gptkb:Seychelles_Plateau gptkb:Siwalik_Hills gptkb:Sulaiman_Range gptkb:Arabian_Sea gptkb:Indian_Ocean gptkb:Sri_Lanka gptkb:Aravalli_Range gptkb:Indo-Gangetic_Plain gptkb:Satpura_Range gptkb:Vindhya_Range gptkb:Krishna_Basin gptkb:Andaman_Islands gptkb:Andaman_Sea gptkb:Bay_of_Bengal gptkb:Chagos_Archipelago gptkb:Maldives gptkb:Nicobar_Islands gptkb:Thar_Desert gptkb:Western_Ghats gptkb:Eastern_Himalayas gptkb:Laccadive_Islands gptkb:Deccan_Traps gptkb:Eastern_Ghats gptkb:Ganges_Delta gptkb:Godavari_Basin gptkb:Brahmaputra_Valley gptkb:Western_Himalayas
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Indian Plate
gptkbp:locatedIn	gptkb:Northern_Hemisphere gptkb:Southern_Hemisphere
gptkbp:movesNorthwardAt	about 5 cm per year
gptkbp:originatedIn	gptkb:Gondwana
gptkbp:partOf	Earth's lithosphere
gptkbp:separates	gptkb:Australian_Plate
gptkbp:subductsUnder	gptkb:Eurasian_Plate
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Indian_Subcontinent gptkb:Alpine_orogeny
gptkbp:bfsLayer	5