Eurasian Plate

E6945

lithospheric plate major tectonic plate tectonic plate

The Eurasian Plate is a major tectonic plate that underlies most of Europe and Asia and interacts with surrounding plates to shape significant geological features such as mountain ranges, earthquakes, and volcanic activity.

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All labels observed (7)

Label	Occurrences
Eurasian Plate canonical	117
Eurasia Plate	2
Eurasian Plate margin	2
Eurasian Plate system	2
Eurasian tectonic plate	2
Eurasian plate	1
Indian Plate and Eurasian Plate	1

Statements (66)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	lithospheric plate ⓘ major tectonic plate ⓘ tectonic plate ⓘ
approximateArea	67,800,000 square kilometers ⓘ
associatedWith	earthquakes in Asia ⓘ earthquakes in Europe ⓘ volcanic activity in Iceland ⓘ volcanic activity in Kamchatka region ⓘ volcanic activity in the Mediterranean region ⓘ
containsRegion	Iceland ⓘ continental crust of Europe ⓘ continental crust of most of Asia ⓘ part of Siberia ⓘ part of the North Sea ⓘ
formsFeature	Alps ⓘ Caucasus ⓘ surface form: Caucasus Mountains East African Rift ⓘ surface form: East African Rift northern extension in the Red Sea region Himalayas ⓘ Japanese island arc region ⓘ Mid-Atlantic Ridge ⓘ Tien Shan ⓘ surface form: Tien Shan Mountains Ural Mountains ⓘ Zagros Mountains ⓘ
geologicalAge	mostly Paleozoic to Mesozoic continental crust ⓘ
hasBoundaryType	convergent boundary ⓘ divergent boundary ⓘ transform boundary ⓘ
hasBoundaryWith	African Plate ⓘ Amur Plate ⓘ Arabian Plate ⓘ Indo-Australian Plate ⓘ surface form: Indian Plate North American Plate ⓘ Okhotsk Plate ⓘ Pacific Plate ⓘ Philippine Sea Plate ⓘ
hasCrustType	continental crust ⓘ oceanic crust ⓘ
interactsWith	African Plate ⓘ Amur Plate ⓘ Arabian Plate ⓘ Indo-Australian Plate ⓘ surface form: Indian Plate North American Plate ⓘ Okhotsk Plate ⓘ Pacific Plate ⓘ Philippine Sea Plate ⓘ
isSeparatedFrom	African Plate by the Mediterranean Sea region ⓘ Indian Plate by the Himalayan orogeny zone ⓘ North American Plate by the Mid-Atlantic Ridge ⓘ
locatedOn	Earth ⓘ
meetsAtTripleJunction	Afro–Eurasian–Arabian plate junction in the Middle East ⓘ Azores Triple Junction ⓘ
motionDirection	generally eastward relative to the North American Plate ⓘ
movesRelativeTo	African Plate ⓘ Indo-Australian Plate ⓘ surface form: Indian Plate North American Plate ⓘ Pacific Plate ⓘ
namedAfter	Eurasia ⓘ
overrides	subducting African Plate in the Mediterranean region ⓘ subducting Arabian Plate beneath the Zagros Mountains ⓘ subducting Indian Plate along the Himalayas ⓘ
partOf	Earth lithosphere ⓘ
underlies	Arctic Ocean ⓘ Asia ⓘ Europe ⓘ Atlantic Ocean ⓘ surface form: North Atlantic Ocean parts of the Mediterranean Sea ⓘ

Referenced by (127)

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

Pacific Ocean → hasTectonicBoundary → Eurasian Plate ⓘ

Mid-Atlantic Ridge → separates → Eurasian Plate ⓘ

Pacific Plate → boundedBy → Eurasian Plate ⓘ

Pacific Plate → movesRelativeTo → Eurasian Plate ⓘ

Pacific Plate → subductsBeneath → Eurasian Plate ⓘ

North American Plate → hasBoundaryWith → Eurasian Plate ⓘ

Indo-Australian Plate → hasBoundaryWith → Eurasian Plate ⓘ

Indo-Australian Plate → movesRelativeTo → Eurasian Plate ⓘ

Ring of Fire → associatedWith → Eurasian Plate ⓘ

Black Sea and Sea of Azov → locatedOn → Eurasian Plate ⓘ

subject surface form: Black Sea

this entity surface form: Eurasian tectonic plate

Black Sea and Sea of Azov → locatedOn → Eurasian Plate ⓘ

subject surface form: Sea of Azov

this entity surface form: Eurasian tectonic plate

Philippine Sea Plate → subductsBeneath → Eurasian Plate ⓘ

Philippine Sea Plate → borders → Eurasian Plate ⓘ

Gakkel Ridge → tectonicBoundaryBetween → Eurasian Plate ⓘ

African Plate → boundedBy → Eurasian Plate ⓘ

African Plate → movesRelativeTo → Eurasian Plate ⓘ

Krakatoa → overridingPlate → Eurasian Plate ⓘ

Western Mediterranean → locatedOn → Eurasian Plate ⓘ

Alpine-Himalayan orogenic belt → formsBoundaryBetween → Eurasian Plate ⓘ

this entity surface form: Indian Plate and Eurasian Plate

Azores Triple Junction → involvesPlate → Eurasian Plate ⓘ

Gulf of Cádiz → locatedOnPlate → Eurasian Plate ⓘ

Himalayan orogeny → affects → Eurasian Plate ⓘ

Sumatra subduction zone → overlies → Eurasian Plate ⓘ

Sumatra subduction zone → overriddenBy → Eurasian Plate ⓘ

Tolbachik → tectonicPlate → Eurasian Plate ⓘ

Philippine Mobile Belt → boundedBy → Eurasian Plate ⓘ

Amur Plate → movesIndependentlyOf → Eurasian Plate ⓘ

Amur Plate → borderedBy → Eurasian Plate ⓘ

Amur Plate → movementRelativeTo → Eurasian Plate ⓘ

Ryukyu Trench → overridingPlate → Eurasian Plate ⓘ

Ryukyu Trench → featureOf → Eurasian Plate ⓘ

this entity surface form: Eurasian Plate margin

Manila Trench → formedBySubductionOf → Eurasian Plate ⓘ

Manila Trench → underlyingPlate → Eurasian Plate ⓘ

Manila Trench → plateBoundaryBetween → Eurasian Plate ⓘ

Okhotsk Plate → borderedBy → Eurasian Plate ⓘ

Okhotsk Plate → movesRelativeTo → Eurasian Plate ⓘ

Sunda Trench → overridingPlate → Eurasian Plate ⓘ

Þingvellir National Park → tectonicPlateBoundary → Eurasian Plate ⓘ

Ksudach → tectonicPlate → Eurasian Plate ⓘ

Arabian Plate → borders → Eurasian Plate ⓘ

Arabian Plate → isCollidingWith → Eurasian Plate ⓘ

Mediterranean Ridge region → separates → Eurasian Plate ⓘ

Aegean Sea Plate → boundedBy → Eurasian Plate ⓘ

Aegean Sea Plate → movesRelativeTo → Eurasian Plate ⓘ

Hellenic Arc → plateInvolved → Eurasian Plate ⓘ

North American plate boundary system → interactsWith → Eurasian Plate ⓘ

Philippine Archipelago → locatedNearPlate → Eurasian Plate ⓘ

Okinawa Plate → adjacentTo → Eurasian Plate ⓘ

Sunda Plate → partOf → Eurasian Plate ⓘ

this entity surface form: Eurasian Plate system

Yangtze Plate → partOf → Eurasian Plate ⓘ

this entity surface form: Eurasian Plate system