noun
continental plate boundary
Geological term for the boundary between two tectonic plates where at least one is continental.
日本列島は大陸プレート境界に位置している。
The Japanese archipelago is located on a continental plate boundary.
大陸プレート境界では大規模な地震が発生しやすい。
Large-scale earthquakes tend to occur at continental plate boundaries.
A broader term for any plate boundary; 大陸プレート境界 specifies that at least one of the plates is continental.
Compound of 大陸 (continent), プレート (plate), and 境界 (boundary). A straightforward technical term.