The movement of the Arabian plate and its impact on the formation of superficial manifestations
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Arabian plate movement and its impact on the composition of the surface manifestations The surface of the earthis covered with several major and minor plates.These plates are in a continuousmovement of collision and .spacing.The Arabian plate is part of this process The Arabian plate is generallylocated in the North-East of the earth.More specifically,it is located between Eurasian and Anatolian plates from the north, the Indo-Australian plate from the East,the African and Indo-Australian plate from the south, and both the Red Sea .and the Mediterranean Seaform its western border Its extremepoints from the North to the South are about (341849 km) far from each other and from the East to the West are about (8162954km) .)far.Its total area is (1،222،222 km1 The Arabian Plate is in a continuous movement of an estimated (8-3cm) per yearfrom millions of years ago to the present time.The direction of its movement is North-East. The result of its collisionwith the Eurasian and Indo-Australian plate led to the formation of the Zagros mountain from the east and Taurus series from the north.This is accompanied by it spacing with the African Plate and the formation of the Red Sea which causes the formation of the volcanically active areas around the Red Sea, especially at the Strait of BabAL Mandeb and the Gulf of Aden. Finally,the movement of the Arabian plate is the main factor considered in the formation of surface and geomorphological manifestations of the area such as the composition of mountain series, volcanic peaks and the expansion of the Red Sea... etc.
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