Tectonic plates are moving slabs that make up the outer layer of our planet, and behave like conveyor belts in the way they carry and drag continents around on the surface.

Tectonic plates are moving slabs that make up the outer layer of our planet, and behave like conveyor belts in the way they carry and drag continents around on the surface.Even in this fantasy Game of Thrones world, geological processes like tectonic plate movement, earthquakes and volcanic eruptions would have been responsible for building the mountains, carving the rivers and creating vast oceans. Moment Poppy Day car bomb EXPLODES outside Liverpool Women's Hospital MДЃori tribe tells anti-Covid vaccine protesters to stop using its haka Royal Family LIVE: Kate dubbed 'People's Princess' вЂ“ but Meghan 'takes style up a notch' The striking landscape of Game of Thrones has led some researchers to build climate simulations that explain the erratic seasons depicted in the show, and others to piece together the geological history.Inspired by this work, we have built the first plate tectonic reconstruction of the Game of Thrones continents. Researchers in Australia have built the first plate tectonic reconstruction of the Game of Thrones continent, using evidence of geological processes from the stunning landscapes in the show.

Moving tectonic map of Westeros and Essos reveals the fictional landscape of Game of Thrones would have been shaped

Map of game of thrones universe