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What kind of plate tectonic boundary is the san andreas fault?
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What kind of plate tectonic boundary is the san andreas fault?

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"It forms the tectonic boundary between the Pacific Plate and the North American Plate"
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The San Andreas Fault is a continental transform fault that extends roughly 800 miles (1,300 km) through California. It forms the tectonic boundary between the Pacific Plate and the North American Plate, and its motion is right-lateral strike-slip (horizontal).
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