Mantle

National Geographic
Contributed By
National Geographic
Resource Type
Classroom Material
Keywords
Earth Science Geology Physical Geography
Subjects
Earth and Space Sciences Geography
Grade Levels
Grade 9 Grade 10 Grade 11 Grade 12
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Mantle

The mantle is the mostly solid bulk of Earth's interior. The mantle lies between Earth's dense, super-heated core and its thin outer layer, the crust. The mantle is about 2,900 kilometers (1,802 miles) thick, and makes up a whopping 84 percent of Earth’s total volume.
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