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An ocean basin is formed when water has covered a large portion of the Earth’s crust. In the distant past, this may have happened when there was an increase in available water, or a fall of landmass. Over a long period of time, an oceanic basin can be created by the spreading of the seafloor and the movement of tectonic plates.
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Do ocean basin spread uniformly over the entire basin?
no, think about plate tectonics, and what they may form....
What is the shallowest ocean basin?
The Arctic Ocean Basin
What is the largest landform under the ocean?
the continental shelf ;)
What is the scientific name for the ocean floor?
Abyssal Plain.
Did glacier movement form the Great Lakes or the Atlantic Ocean?
The Great Lakers were ultimately formed by glaciers. The Atlantic Ocean was not. It was formed by continental rifting. Glaciers could not form a whole new ocean basin like that.
The largest landform under the ocean is an ocean?
Ocean Basin
What does deep-ocean basin consist of?
the deep ocean basin consist of the deepest part of the ocean . :)
What is the largest landforms beneath the ocean?
Ocean basin
Location in ocean basin where new ocean floor is formed?
This sounds like the mid ocean ridge. This is where the plates are moving apart and magma wells up to form new rock.
Whichislarger,theIndianOceanortheAtlanticOcean?
The Atlantic basin is the second largest basin, followed by the Indian Ocean basin
This area is between the continental slope and ocean basin?
Between the continental slope and the ocean basin is the continental rise
What is the oldest ocean basin?
Pacific Ocean
