The
Arabian Plate is a minor
tectonic plate in the
northern and
eastern hemispheres. It is one of three continental plates (the African, Arabian, and Indian Plates) that have been moving northward in recent geological history and colliding with the
Eurasian Plate. This is resulting in a mingling of plate pieces and mountain ranges extending in the west from the
Pyrenees, crossing southern Europe and to
Iran forming the
Alborz and
Zagros Mountains, to the
Himalayas and ranges of southeast Asia.