North American plate

GPTKB entity

Properties (56)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf tectonic plate
gptkbp:borders gptkb:South_American_plate
gptkb:Juan_de_Fuca_plate
gptkb:Eurasian_plate
gptkb:Caribbean_plate
Pacific plate
gptkbp:contains gptkb:Rocky_Mountains
gptkb:Appalachian_Mountains
gptkb:Canadian_Shield
gptkb:Great_Lakes
gptkb:Mississippi_River
gptkbp:hasArea 75 million km²
gptkbp:hasFilm earthquakes
volcanoes
gptkbp:headquarteredIn gptkb:North_America
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label North American plate
gptkbp:interactsWith gptkb:San_Andreas_Fault
gptkbp:isAdjacentTo gptkb:Atlantic_Ocean
gptkb:Pacific_Ocean
gptkb:Arctic_Ocean
Gulf of Mexico
gptkbp:isAssociatedWith agriculture
natural resources
urban development
fossil fuels
mineral deposits
gptkbp:isAttendedBy climate change
human activity
gptkbp:isHomeTo diverse wildlife
various ecosystems
gptkbp:isPartOf gptkb:Cascadia_subduction_zone
gptkb:Pacific_Ring_of_Fire
Mid-Atlantic Ridge
lithosphere
Nazca tectonic system
Eurasian_tectonic_system
Earth's_crust
Caribbean_tectonic_system
Alpine-Himalayan_orogeny
African_tectonic_system
North_American_tectonic_system
Australian_tectonic_system
Andean_tectonic_system
Antarctic_tectonic_system
Himalayan_tectonic_system
Iberian_tectonic_system
Indian_tectonic_system
South_American_tectonic_system
gptkbp:isServedBy subduction zones
divergent boundaries
transform_faults
gptkbp:isStudiedIn geology
plate tectonics
geophysics
seismology
gptkbp:wasAffecting northwest