The asthenosphere is part of earth 's mantle . It is about 100 km to 350 km under the surface. ^[1] It is the lower part of the upper mantle, and behaves as a hot viscous liquid.

It consists of hot, weak material that can be deformed like silly putty . That means it is capable of gradual flow . It is under the lithosphere .

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