Continents were once joined and still move today, carried on plates of the lithosphere. This chapter explains Wegener evidence, plate boundaries, and why endogenetic forces build relief while exogenetic forces wear it down. A Mid-Atlantic Ridge example shows new crust forming as plates diverge.
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Continental drift and plate tectonics
Geography · Unit 1 · ~13 min read · Original chapter
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