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The 13 pages that link to Asthenosphere, each with the reason it gives.

• Plate tectonicsRelated: Its low mechanical strength is what makes plate motion physically possible.

• Pacific PlateRelated: The plate moves over this underlying mantle layer.

• North American PlateRelated: Its deformation helps accommodate the motion of the plate above it.

• Tectonic plateRelated: Its ability to flow slowly allows rigid plates to move above it.

• Australian PlateRelated: Its slow deformation allows the overlying plate to move.

• Divergent boundaryRelated: Its flow helps accommodate plate separation and feed rising mantle beneath ridges.

• Internal structure of EarthRelated: Its ability to flow helps explain how rigid surface plates move over the mantle.

• Isostatic depressionRelated: Its long-term flow permits the lithosphere to subside beneath sustained loads.