Arabian Plate

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lithospheric plate tectonic plate

The Arabian Plate is a major tectonic plate in the Middle East that carries most of the Arabian Peninsula and is involved in active collision and rifting with surrounding plates.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Arabian Plate canonical 25
Arabia Plate 2
Arabian Plate and Eurasian Plate 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf lithospheric plate ⓘ
tectonic plate ⓘ
age mostly Mesozoic to Cenozoic crust ⓘ
associatedWith Dead Sea Transform fault ⓘ
surface form: Dead Sea Transform earthquake zone

Taurus Mountains ⓘ
Zagros Mountains ⓘ
seismic activity in Iran and Turkey ⓘ
borders Aegean Sea Plate ⓘ
African Plate ⓘ
Anatolian Plate ⓘ
Eurasian Plate ⓘ
India Plate ⓘ
surface form: Indian Plate

Sinai subplate ⓘ
Somali Plate ⓘ
carries Arabian Peninsula ⓘ
hasBoundaryFeature Bitlis–Zagros suture zone ⓘ
Dead Sea Transform fault ⓘ
surface form: Dead Sea Transform

Owen Fracture Zone ⓘ
Afro-Arabian Rift System ⓘ
surface form: Red Sea Rift

Zagros Mountains ⓘ
surface form: Zagros fold and thrust belt
hasBoundaryType convergent boundary ⓘ
divergent boundary ⓘ
transform boundary ⓘ
hasOceanicCrustAlong Gulf of Aden ⓘ
Red Sea ⓘ
isCollidingWith Anatolian Plate ⓘ
Eurasian Plate ⓘ
isRiftingFrom African Plate ⓘ
Somali Plate ⓘ
locatedIn Eastern Hemisphere ⓘ
Middle East ⓘ
Northern Hemisphere ⓘ
movementDirection northward ⓘ
movementSpeed about 15–25 millimeters per year ⓘ
partOf Earth lithosphere ⓘ
separatedFrom African Plate by Red Sea ⓘ
Somali Plate by Gulf of Aden ⓘ
underlies Bahrain ⓘ
Kuwait ⓘ
Oman ⓘ
Qatar ⓘ
Saudi Arabia ⓘ
United Arab Emirates ⓘ
Yemen ⓘ
parts of Iran ⓘ
parts of Iraq ⓘ
parts of Jordan ⓘ
parts of Syria ⓘ
parts of Turkey ⓘ

Referenced by (29)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Eurasian Plate → hasBoundaryWith → Arabian Plate ⓘ
Eurasian Plate → interactsWith → Arabian Plate ⓘ
African Plate → boundedBy → Arabian Plate ⓘ
Yemen → locatedIn → Arabian Plate ⓘ
Red Sea → plateBoundaryBetween → Arabian Plate ⓘ
Alpine-Himalayan orogenic belt → formsBoundaryBetween → Arabian Plate ⓘ
this entity surface form: Arabian Plate and Eurasian Plate
Afar Triangle → plateBoundary → Arabian Plate ⓘ
Somali Plate → movesRelativeTo → Arabian Plate ⓘ
Gondwana → brokeUpInto → Arabian Plate ⓘ
Great Rift Valley system (wider geological context) → associatedWith → Arabian Plate ⓘ
subject surface form: Great Rift Valley system
Afro-Arabian Rift System → separates → Arabian Plate ⓘ
India Plate → boundedBy → Arabian Plate ⓘ
India Plate → interactsWith → Arabian Plate ⓘ
Barzakh as-Suways → formsLandBoundaryBetween → Arabian Plate ⓘ
Samhah → locatedOnTectonicPlate → Arabian Plate ⓘ
Dead Sea Transform fault → plate2 → Arabian Plate ⓘ
Anatolian Plate → boundedBy → Arabian Plate ⓘ
Sinai subplate → boundedBy → Arabian Plate ⓘ
this entity surface form: Arabia Plate
Sinai subplate → hasMotionRelativeTo → Arabian Plate ⓘ
this entity surface form: Arabia Plate
Bitlis–Zagros suture zone → marksCollisionBetween → Arabian Plate ⓘ
Bitlis–Zagros suture zone → separates → Arabian Plate ⓘ
Owen Fracture Zone → separates → Arabian Plate ⓘ
Maysan Governorate → partOf → Arabian Plate ⓘ
Gulf of Aden spreading center → separates → Arabian Plate ⓘ
Carlsberg Ridge → separates → Arabian Plate ⓘ
Carlsberg Ridge → formsBoundaryOf → Arabian Plate ⓘ
Palmyrene mountain range → partOf → Arabian Plate ⓘ
this entity surface form: northern Arabian Plate
Jabal al-Lawz → locatedOn → Arabian Plate ⓘ
Arabian Shield → partOf → Arabian Plate ⓘ