Eli5: why are there multiple tectonic plates instead of just one giant one?

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Eli5: why are there multiple tectonic plates instead of just one giant one?

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The earth only had one continent named pangea at one point. Then due to some reason, the pangea split and formed the tectonic plates. This lead to the formation of many new rivers and helped shape our world to the way we know it today.

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