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Caribbean Plate — The Caribbean Plate is a mostly oceanic tectonic plate underlying Central America and the Caribbean Sea off the north coast of South America. Roughly 3.2 million square kilometers (1.2 million square miles) in area, the Caribbean Plate borders… … Wikipedia
Caribbean Plate — Geol. a major tectonic division of the earth s crust, encompassing the Central American portion of North America, the Caribbean Sea, and the islands of Cuba, Jamaica, Hispaniola, and Puerto Rico, as well as the Leeward and Windward Islands;… … Useful english dictionary
Caribbean Sea — An image of the Caribbean Sea The Caribbean Sea is a sea of the Atlantic Ocean located in the tropics of the Western hemisphere. It is bounded by Mexico and Central America to the west and southwest, to the north by the … Wikipedia
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South American Plate — The South American Plate is a tectonic plate covering the continent of South America and extending eastward to the Mid Atlantic Ridge. The easterly side is a divergent boundary with the African Plate forming the southern part of the Mid Atlantic… … Wikipedia
