Meaning | The outer layer of the Earth. |
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Synonym | crust |
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Part of | lithosphere, geosphere | The solid part of the earth consisting of the crust and outer mantle |
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Parts | asthenosphere | The lower layer of the crust |
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Narrower | horst | A ridge of the earth's crust that has been forced upward between two faults and so is higher than the surrounding land |
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plate, crustal plate | A rigid layer of the Earth's crust that is believed to drift slowly |
Broader | layer | A relatively thin sheetlike expanse or region lying over or under another |
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Substances | sial | The granitelike rocks that form the outermost layer of the earth's crust |
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sima | rock that form the continuous lower layer of the earth's crust |
Spanish | corteza, corteza terrestre |
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Catalan | escorça terrestre |
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