The rest of the ocean floor varies in depth.
Deepest flatest part of the ocean floor.
It is the deepest oceanic trench on earth.
The deepest part of the ocean floor is the marianas trench near the philippines in the pacific ocean.
What basically happens is the ocean surface is is forming an.
They are caused by hurricanes and tropical storms.
It is almost seven miles deep or about 35 000 feet.
However some unrepeated measurements place the deepest portion at 11 034 metres.
Lying generally between the foot of a continental rise and a mid ocean ridge abyssal plains cover more than 50 of the earth s surface.
The deepest and flattest part of the ocean floor.
The deepest part of the ocean floor.
To understand this fact you need to understand the basics of plate tectonics.
The maximum known depth is 10 984 metres at the southern end of a small slot shaped valley in its floor known as the challenger deep.
A chain of underground mountains formed from plates pulling apart.
The rest of the ocean floor varies in.
It is made up of low hills and flat plains.
It is crescent shaped and measures about 2 550 km in length and 69 km in width.
An abyssal plain is an underwater plain on the deep ocean floor usually found at depths between 3 000 metres 9 800 ft and 6 000 metres 20 000 ft.
Ocean basin abyssal plain located on either side of the mid ocean ridge.
It is almost seven miles deep or about 35 000 feet.
Starting from land a trip across an ocean basin along the seafloor would begin with crossing the continental shelf.
Assuming that you are a layman in terms of plates i will elucidate you in simpler terms.
Plate tectonics and the ocean floor.
Strong waves caused by earthquakes and underwater volcanoes.
If mount everest were placed into.