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gptkbp:instanceOf
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geographical region
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gptkbp:age
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varies from Precambrian to present
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gptkbp:area
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about 75 million km²
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gptkbp:borders
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gptkb:Eurasian_Plate
gptkb:Cocos_Plate
gptkb:Juan_de_Fuca_Plate
gptkb:Nazca_Plate
gptkb:Pacific_Plate
gptkb:Caribbean_Plate
gptkb:Okhotsk_Plate
gptkb:African_Plate
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gptkbp:contains
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gptkb:Aleutian_Islands
gptkb:Appalachian_Mountains
gptkb:Baffin_Bay
gptkb:Caribbean_Sea
gptkb:Gulf_of_Mexico
gptkb:Hudson_Bay
gptkb:Labrador_Sea
gptkb:Mississippi_River_Basin
gptkb:Rocky_Mountains
gptkb:Canadian_Shield
gptkb:Great_Plains
gptkb:Gulf_of_California
gptkb:Mid-Atlantic_Ridge
gptkb:San_Andreas_Fault
Iceland (partially)
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gptkbp:covers
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gptkb:Greenland
gptkb:North_America
parts of the Atlantic Ocean
parts of the Arctic Ocean
parts of the Pacific Ocean
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gptkbp:discoveredBy
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Alfred Wegener (theory of plate tectonics)
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gptkbp:hasFeature
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convergent boundary
divergent boundary
transform boundary
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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North American Plate
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gptkbp:locatedIn
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gptkb:Northern_Hemisphere
gptkb:Western_Hemisphere
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gptkbp:movement
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west-southwest
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gptkbp:movementSpeed
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about 2.3 cm per year
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gptkbp:namedAfter
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gptkb:North_America
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gptkbp:overrides
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gptkb:Juan_de_Fuca_Plate
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gptkbp:partOf
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Earth's lithosphere
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gptkbp:subductsUnder
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Pacific Plate (in some regions)
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gptkbp:type
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major tectonic plate
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:Gakkel_Ridge
gptkb:Ring_of_Fire
gptkb:Japanese_Archipelago
gptkb:Azores_Plateau
gptkb:Charlie-Gibbs_Fracture_Zone
gptkb:Mid-Atlantic_Ridge
gptkb:Pacific_Ring_of_Fire
gptkb:East_Pacific_Rise
gptkb:Middle_America_Trench
gptkb:Reykjanes_Ridge
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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5
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