Plate Area
(106km2)
Continental area
(106km2)

Average absolute velocity
(mm.yr-1)

Circumference
102 km
Length - ridge
102 km
Length - trench
102 km
North America 60 36 11 388 146 12
South America 41 20 13 305 87 5
Pacific 108 - 80 499 152 124
Antarctic 59 15 17 356 208 -
Indian 60 15 61 420 124 91
African 79 31 21 418 230 10
European 69 51 7 421 90 -
Nazca 15 - 76 187 76 53
Cocos 2.9 - 86 88 40 25
Caribbean 3.8 - 24 88 - -
Philippines 5.4 - 64 103 - 41
Arabian 4.9 4.4 42 98 30 -

Mantle convection

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