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The maximum depth of Lithosphere is found in the

Options

  1. APacific Ocean.
  2. BSiberian Plain.
  3. CPatagonian Desert.
  4. DHimalayan Mountains.

Correct answer

D. Himalayan Mountains.

Step-by-step solution

Lithosphere, rigid, rocky outer layer of the Earth, consisting of the crust and the solid outermost layer of the upper mantle. It extends to a depth of about 60 miles (100 ~km ) . It is broken into about a dozen separate, rigid blocks, or plates . - Slow convection currents deep within the mantle, generated by radioactive heating of the interior, are believed to cause the lateral movements of the plates (and the continents that rest on top of them) at a rate of several inches per year.

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