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Discovering Plate Boundaries Teachers Guide: Part 2 “A Tour of the Maps” Dale S. Sawyer Professor of Earth Science Rice University Houston, Texas

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1 Discovering Plate Boundaries Teachers Guide: Part 2 “A Tour of the Maps” Dale S. Sawyer Professor of Earth Science Rice University Houston, Texas dale@rice.edu

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8 Left side of mapRight side of map Note that this kind of map wraps around at its edge!

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10 Pacific Plate Eurasian Plate North American Plate

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44 Tibetan Plateau Himalayan Mtns. Mt. Everest

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