India Plate

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major tectonic plate tectonic plate

The India Plate is a major tectonic plate that carries the Indian subcontinent and is responsible for the uplift of the Himalayas through its collision with the Eurasian Plate.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Indian Plate	19
India Plate canonical	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2120844 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: India Plate
Context triple: [Amur Plate, borderedBy, India Plate]

A. Indo-Gangetic Plain
The Indo-Gangetic Plain is a vast, fertile alluvial lowland in northern India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh, formed by the Indus, Ganges, and Brahmaputra river systems and serving as one of the most densely populated and agriculturally productive regions in the world.
B. Kathiawar Peninsula
Kathiawar Peninsula is a large, historically significant peninsula in western India, forming part of present-day Gujarat and projecting into the Arabian Sea.
C. Bengal
Bengal is a historical and cultural region in the eastern part of the Indian subcontinent, known for its rich literary, artistic, and political heritage and now divided between Bangladesh and the Indian state of West Bengal.
D. Deccan Plateau
The Deccan Plateau is a large, elevated region in southern India known for its ancient volcanic geology, rich mineral resources, and major river systems that support extensive agriculture.
E. Terai
Terai is a low-lying, fertile plains region at the foothills of the Himalayas, known for its rich agriculture and distinctive ecology across parts of northern India and Nepal.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: India Plate
Target entity description: The India Plate is a major tectonic plate that carries the Indian subcontinent and is responsible for the uplift of the Himalayas through its collision with the Eurasian Plate.

A. Indo-Gangetic Plain
The Indo-Gangetic Plain is a vast, fertile alluvial lowland in northern India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh, formed by the Indus, Ganges, and Brahmaputra river systems and serving as one of the most densely populated and agriculturally productive regions in the world.
B. Kathiawar Peninsula
Kathiawar Peninsula is a large, historically significant peninsula in western India, forming part of present-day Gujarat and projecting into the Arabian Sea.
C. Bengal
Bengal is a historical and cultural region in the eastern part of the Indian subcontinent, known for its rich literary, artistic, and political heritage and now divided between Bangladesh and the Indian state of West Bengal.
D. Deccan Plateau
The Deccan Plateau is a large, elevated region in southern India known for its ancient volcanic geology, rich mineral resources, and major river systems that support extensive agriculture.
E. Terai
Terai is a low-lying, fertile plains region at the foothills of the Himalayas, known for its rich agriculture and distinctive ecology across parts of northern India and Nepal.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	major tectonic plate ⓘ tectonic plate ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	India Plate ⓘ surface form: Indian Plate
associatedWith	Himalayan mountain range ⓘ Indian Ocean Ridge system ⓘ surface form: Indian Ocean Ridge systems Sumatra-Andaman subduction region ⓘ Tibetan Plateau ⓘ
boundedBy	Antarctic Plate ⓘ Arabian Plate ⓘ Australian Plate ⓘ Eurasian Plate ⓘ Somali Plate ⓘ
carries	Indian subcontinent ⓘ parts of the Indian Ocean seafloor ⓘ
causes	intraplate deformation within the Indian subcontinent ⓘ
collisionZone	Himalayan orogeny ⓘ Indus-Tsangpo Suture Zone ⓘ
continentalCrustPortion	South Asia ⓘ surface form: Indian subcontinent
formedFrom	breakup of Gondwana ⓘ
geologicalAge	Mesozoic origin as independent plate ⓘ
interactsWith	Antarctic Plate ⓘ Arabian Plate ⓘ Australian Plate ⓘ Burma Plate ⓘ surface form: Burma microplate Eurasian Plate ⓘ Somali Plate ⓘ
locatedIn	Eastern Hemisphere ⓘ Northern Hemisphere ⓘ
measuredBy	GPS geodesy ⓘ
motionDirection	north-northeast ⓘ
oceanicCrustPortion	northern Indian Ocean ⓘ
partOf	Indo-Australian Plate ⓘ surface form: Indo-Australian Plate system
pastEnvironment	once located in the Southern Hemisphere ⓘ
pastMotion	rapid northward drift after Gondwana breakup ⓘ
relativeMotion	converging with Burma Plate microplates ⓘ converging with Eurasian Plate ⓘ diverging from Antarctic Plate ⓘ diverging from Somali Plate ⓘ
responsibleFor	formation of the Tibetan Plateau ⓘ frequent large earthquakes in the Himalayas ⓘ ongoing crustal shortening in northern India ⓘ seismicity in the Himalayan region ⓘ uplift of the Himalayas ⓘ
riftedFrom	African Plate ⓘ surface form: Africa Plate Antarctic Plate ⓘ Australian Plate ⓘ surface form: Australia Plate
studiedIn	plate tectonics ⓘ
velocity	about 4–5 cm per year northward relative to Eurasia ⓘ

How these facts were elicited