There are seven major (bigger) tectonic plates: African Plate, North American Plate, Pacific Plate, Eurasian Plate, Antarctic Plate, Indo-Australian Plate, South American Plate
There are also 10 minor plate such as the Nazca Plate and the Scotia Plate - so a total of 17 plates.
As of google the waters is really cold an when the water falls it gets colder into cold water causing it to get colder
Well if we look at it, Historical voting does a lot.
The United States Geological Survey