San Andreas fault is a transform fault- it means that the two plates are not getting closer and converging or getting away from each other and diverging but rather moving in different directions - the American part is moving South and the Pacific part is moving North.
It would be U.S. District Court (At least in the United States it is)
Amazon river is the longest river in the world
Japan borders the "Ring of Fire", a circle of volcanic and tectonic activity, which is prone to earthquakes in the pacific, which causes tsunamis.
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