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.

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	minor tectonic plate → tectonic plate →
associatedWith	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 Islands → Kenya → Madagascar → Mozambique → Somalia → Tanzania → parts of Ethiopia → parts of Malawi →
formsPartOf	Afro-Arabian plate boundary region →
geologicalProcess	continental breakup of Africa →
hasBoundary	Aden Ridge → Carlsberg Ridge → Central Indian Ridge → Davie Ridge → East African Rift System → Southwest Indian Ridge →
hasBoundaryType	divergent boundary → transform boundary →
hasFeature	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 → Indian Plate → Nubian Plate →
namedAfter	Somalia →
partOf	African Plate →
plateType	continental-oceanic plate →
riftSystem	East African Rift System →
seafloorSpreadingRate	slow →
separatedFrom	Nubian Plate →
separatingFrom	African Plate →
underlies	Mozambique Channel → Somali Basin → western Indian Ocean →

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
East African Rift → Indian Ocean Ridge system →	separates
Arabian Plate →	borders
African Plate →	boundedBy
Arabian Plate →	isRiftingFrom
Afar Triangle →	plateBoundary
African Plate →	riftingWith