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What is a tectonic plate?

What is a Plate, Exactly?

A plate is a segment of the lithosphere (the solid part of the earth, as opposed to the atmosphere or the hydrosphere). It includes the crust, which is the part we walk on, but also the upper part of the mantle, which is the layer of the planet that lies just below the crust.

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