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The Arabian Plate is a largely continental Tectonic Plate covering the Arabian Peninsula and extending northward to Turkey . The plate borders are:

East, with the Indo-Australian Plate

South, with the African Plate to the west and the Indo-Australian Plate to the east

West, Divergent Boundary with the African Plate forming the northern part of the Great Rift Valley and the Red Sea rift zone.

North, with the Eurasian Plate