The rate of plate creation at divergent boundaries varies between about 2 and 6 centimeters per year. The creation of oceanic crust and movement away from the midocean ridges is called seafloor spreading. The most common processes occurring along divergent boundaries are volcanism and earthquakes.
Lithuanian language, Lithuanian Lietuviu Kalba, East Baltic language most closely related to Latvian; it is spoken primarily in Lithuania, where it has been the official language since 1918. It is the most archaic Indo-European language still spoken. A Lithuanian literary language has been in existence since the 16th century, the earliest document being translations of the Lordâs Prayer, a creed, and the Ave Maria, made about 1525.
Lithuania has Latvia to the north, Belarus to the east, and Poland to the south, along with Kaliningrad (which is part of Russia). To the west, like all the Baltic states, is the Baltic Sea. All three of the Baltic states were annexed by force to the Soviet Union in 1940.