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upper mantle
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Noun
upper mantle (plural upper mantles)
- (geology) The layer of Earth's interior located beneath the crust and extending to a depth of 410 kilometers.
- Synonym: outer mantle
- Holonyms: mantle < Earth
- Meronym: asthenosphere
- Comeronyms: lower mantle, inner mantle, mesosphere (fellow part of the mantle)
- Any similar layer of an exoplanet.
- Synonym: outer mantle
- Holonyms: mantle < planet
- Comeronyms: lower mantle, inner mantle (fellow part of the mantle)
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