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divergent plate boundary

Area where earth's lithospheric plates move apart in opposite directions. Compare convergent plate boundary, transform fault.

Subject: 
Environmental Science [1]
Vocabulary: 
Chapter 10 - Geology: Processes, Hazards, and Soils [2]
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