Complex sentence: On its west, south, and east sides the African Plate is surrounded by spreading centers, and on the north side, the plate forms a convergent boundary with the Eurasian Plate in the central and eastern Mediterranean Sea.
Split into simpler sentences: On its west, south, and east sides the African Plate is surrounded by spreading centers. On the north side, the plate forms a convergent boundary with the Eurasian Plate in the central and eastern Mediterranean Sea.