Descriptions Of The Ocean Floor

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Descriptions of the ocean floor.

Oceanic crust the outermost layer of earth s lithosphere that is found under the oceans and formed at spreading centres on oceanic ridges which occur at divergent plate boundaries. 5 song for the blue ocean by carl safina. How to use ocean in a sentence. Continental shelf 300 feet continental slope 300 10 000 feet abyssal plain 10 000 feet abyssal hill 3 000 feet up from the abyssal plain seamount 6 000 feet.

He explores the ocean through the lens of his personal experiences to reveal the beauty mystery and political discourse surrounding the oceans of our world. It is the bottom of the ocean when you dive. What are some descriptive words for the ocean. Ocean words are listed in alphabetical order.

Exploration of the seafloor and the earth s crust. Switch to new thesaurus noun 1. The following features are shown at example depths to scale though each feature has a considerable range at which it may occur. Mid ocean ridge underwater on the sea floor that are made up of magma and run all around the ocean.

Here is a list of words that describe the ocean. Other articles where ocean floor is discussed. Aqua aquamarine aquatic atlantic beautiful blue brave briny calm caribbean cerulean. Oceanic crust is about 6 km 4 miles thick.

In the spirit of rachel carson carl safina s book takes the reader on a lyrical journey through the oceans from the coasts to the deep abyss. Ocean definition is the whole body of salt water that covers nearly three fourths of the surface of the earth. On the sea floor made up of rocks minerals sediments and sand a steep cliff like slope increases water pressure and is where the continent connects with the ocean floor. The lack of weathering and erosion in most areas however allows geological processes to be seen more clearly on.

This graphic shows several ocean floor features on a scale from 0 35 000 feet below sea level. They contain almost 98 percent of all the water on earth. Ocean floor the bottom of a sea or ocean davy jones davy jones s locker ocean bottom sea bottom sea floor seabed abyssal zone the deep sea 2000 meters or more where there is no light bed bottom a depression forming the ground under a body of water. It is composed of several layers not including the overlying sediment.

Descriptive words for ocean. Mountains plains channels canyons exposed rocks and sediment covered areas. Oceans cover nearly 71 percent of earth s surface. He searched for treasure on the ocean bed continental shelf the.

The ocean floor has the same general character as the land areas of the world.