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Afar Triple Junction

Afar Triple Junction proper noun: a convergence located along a divergent plate boundary dividing the Nubian, Somali, and Arabian plates.

Proper noun

Afar Triple Junction

  1. A convergence located along a divergent plate boundary dividing the Nubian, Somali, and Arabian plates.

Questions about Afar Triple Junction

What does Afar Triple Junction mean?
Afar Triple Junction means a convergence located along a divergent plate boundary dividing the Nubian, Somali, and Arabian plates.
What part of speech is Afar Triple Junction?
Afar Triple Junction is a proper noun.

Words near Afar Triple Junction in the dictionary

  1. afandis
  2. AFAP
  3. afar
  4. Afar Depression
  5. Afar Triangle
  6. Afar Triple Junction
  7. afara
  8. afaras
  9. afare
  10. afared
  11. afaren

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