Somali Plate

E96421

minor tectonic plate tectonic plate

The Somali Plate is a minor tectonic plate in East Africa that is slowly rifting away from the main African Plate along the East African Rift system.

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All labels observed (1)

Label	Occurrences
Somali Plate canonical	13

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	minor tectonic plate ⓘ tectonic plate ⓘ
associatedWith	East African Rift ⓘ surface form: Great Rift Valley continental rifting ⓘ earthquake activity in East Africa ⓘ intraplate volcanism ⓘ
boundedBy	Antarctic Plate to the south ⓘ Arabian Plate to the north ⓘ Indian Plate to the east ⓘ Nubian Plate to the west ⓘ
contains	Comoros ⓘ surface form: Comoros Islands Kenya ⓘ Madagascar ⓘ Mozambique ⓘ Somalia ⓘ Tanzania ⓘ parts of Ethiopia ⓘ parts of Malawi ⓘ
formsPartOf	Afro-Arabian Rift System ⓘ surface form: Afro-Arabian plate boundary region
geologicalProcess	continental breakup of Africa ⓘ
hasBoundary	Gorda Ridge ⓘ surface form: Aden Ridge Carlsberg Ridge ⓘ Central Indian Ridge ⓘ Davie Ridge ⓘ East African Rift ⓘ surface form: East African Rift System Southwest Indian Ridge ⓘ
hasBoundaryType	divergent boundary ⓘ transform boundary ⓘ
hasFeature	East African Rift ⓘ surface form: East African Rift Valley rift-related volcanic provinces ⓘ
isPartOf	African Plate system ⓘ
locatedIn	East Africa ⓘ
motionType	rift-related extension ⓘ
movementDirection	generally eastward relative to Nubian Plate ⓘ
movesRelativeTo	Arabian Plate ⓘ India Plate ⓘ surface form: Indian Plate African Plate ⓘ surface form: Nubian Plate
namedAfter	Somalia ⓘ
partOf	African Plate ⓘ
plateType	continental-oceanic plate ⓘ
riftSystem	East African Rift ⓘ surface form: East African Rift System
seafloorSpreadingRate	slow ⓘ
separatedFrom	African Plate ⓘ surface form: Nubian Plate
separatingFrom	African Plate ⓘ
underlies	Mozambique Channel ⓘ Somali Basin ⓘ tropical Indian Ocean ⓘ surface form: western Indian Ocean

Referenced by (13)

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

African Plate → boundedBy → Somali Plate ⓘ

African Plate → riftingWith → Somali Plate ⓘ

East African Rift → separates → Somali Plate ⓘ

Afar Triangle → plateBoundary → Somali Plate ⓘ

Arabian Plate → borders → Somali Plate ⓘ

Arabian Plate → isRiftingFrom → Somali Plate ⓘ

Indian Ocean Ridge system → separates → Somali Plate ⓘ

Gregory Rift → associatedWith → Somali Plate ⓘ

Great Rift Valley system (wider geological context) → associatedWith → Somali Plate ⓘ

subject surface form: Great Rift Valley system

India Plate → boundedBy → Somali Plate ⓘ

India Plate → interactsWith → Somali Plate ⓘ

Gulf of Aden spreading center → separates → Somali Plate ⓘ

Carlsberg Ridge → formsBoundaryOf → Somali Plate ⓘ