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  • Mid-Ocean Ridges: Which Plates Separate Them? - Geology Explained
    Mid-ocean ridges form at divergent plate boundaries, where two tectonic plates are moving apart.

    It's impossible to give you just two specific plates, as there are many mid-ocean ridges around the world, each separating different pairs of plates. For example:

    * The Mid-Atlantic Ridge separates the North American and Eurasian plates in the North Atlantic and the South American and African plates in the South Atlantic.

    * The East Pacific Rise separates the Pacific and Nazca plates.

    * The Mid-Indian Ridge separates the African and Indo-Australian plates.

    So, to give you the answer you're looking for, you need to tell me which mid-ocean ridge you're interested in!

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