Brazil lies on the South American plate, which classifies as a major tectonic plate (http://kangbrazil.blogspot.com/2015/06/plate-tectonics-in-brazil.html). A major tectonic plate contains part of a continent, in this case South America, and part of an ocean basin. Brazil's plate boundaries are divergent, which means that the tectonic plates move away from each other.



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  1. Ana GGFebruary 2, 2018 at 8:28 AM

    Hi, sorry but the link you posted is ''not available'' and I cannot see any of the images you tried to post...Please edit the link so I can see where the information comes from.
    Yes, Brazil is kinda in the middle of a plate...It'll be interesting to read what you find out about its earthquakes....I found a good link [below] that might help you for next week.

    http://revistapesquisa.fapesp.br/en/2013/06/26/why-the-earth-shakes-in-brazil/

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  2. AnonymousFebruary 2, 2018 at 5:59 PM

    Here is the link for above: http://kangbrazil.blogspot.com/2015/06/plate-tectonics-in-brazil.html
    For some reason it is not letting me edit my blog, so I had to just reply to you. It also is not letting me add a picture, but here is a link for that. https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/Plates_tect2_en.svg/1200px-Plates_tect2_en.svg.png

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  3. Ana GGFebruary 3, 2018 at 2:13 PM

    ok. Those links, I could open ok. Thank you.

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