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The Earth's tectonic plates.

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Tectonic plates of the Earth. From wikipedia.en, retrieved from USGS site: http://pubs.usgs.gov/publications/text/slabs.html

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I uploaded a larger image made from the original illustrator file. — Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason 02:37, 19 Feb 2005 (UTC)
Public domain This image is in the public domain because it contains materials that originally came from the United States Geological Survey, an agency of the United States Department of Interior. For more information, see the official USGS copyright policy
Picture of the day This image was selected as a picture of the day for February 20, 2005. It was captioned as followed:
English: Map of the tectonic plates of the earth
Deutsch: Karte der tektonischen Platten der Erde
Français : Carte des plaques tectoniques terrestres.
Español: Mapa de las placas tectónicas de la tierra.
Български: Карта на тектоничните плочи на Земята
Česky: Mapa tektonických desek Země
Deutsch: Karte der tektonischen Platten der Erde
English: Map of the tectonic plates of the earth
Español: Mapa de las placas tectónicas de la tierra.
Suomi: Maapallon tektoniset laatat.
Français : Carte des plaques tectoniques terrestres.
Italiano: Mappa delle placche tettoniche della terra
日本語: 地球の表面を覆う プレート
Lëtzebuergesch : Kaart vun den tektonesche Placke vun der Äerd.
Nederlands: Kaart met de tektonische platen van de aarde
Polski: Mapa płyt tektonicznych Ziemi.
Português: Mapa das placas tectônicas da Terra
Русский: Карта тектонических плит
Svenska: Karta över de tektoniska plattor som täcker jordens yta.
简体中文: 地球板块结构图

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