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Powerful turbidity currents, earthquakes, or movements on a continental slope can form a submarine canyon.
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Which was formed by erosion?
the Grand Canyon
What formed the echo canyon?
wind erosion
A succession of ocean waves set in motion by a submarine earthquake is called?
A submarine earthquake causes a tsunami.
What is meant by submarine mountain range?
Submarine Mountain Ranges/Ridges are terms applied to Mid-Ocean Ridges.
How were landforms like the canyon most likely formed?
Canyons are mostly formed by rivers.
How is a submarine canyon formed?
A submarine canyon refers to a steep-sided valley cut into the sea floor of the continental slope. It is formed through turbidity currents that carve out the submarine canyons in the continental shelf.
How is submarine canyons formed?
A submarine canyon refers to a steep-sided valley cut into the sea floor of the continental slope. It is formed through turbidity currents that carve out the submarine canyons in the continental shelf.
How is a canyons formed?
A submarine canyon refers to a steep-sided valley cut into the sea floor of the continental slope. It is formed through turbidity currents that carve out the submarine canyons in the continental shelf.
Is their a submarine in the black canyon?
no
What Submarine canyon?
A valley that is underwater.
Two ships are in the ocean, 8 miles apart. Their sonar equipment each detects a submarine that has surfaced. The angle formed by the first ship to the submarine is 55°, and the angle formed by the second ship to the submarine is 44°?
5.6 mi
What Submarine canyon means?
A valley that is underwater.
Which is located nearest a continent?
An island is typically located nearest a continent, as islands are landmasses surrounded by water that are often found in close proximity to a larger landmass.
What is the relationship between a submarine canyon and the continental slope?
I am totally not sure myself but i believe that the submarine canyon cna build off of a continental slope
What has been discovered in the ocean?
Besides many different types of sea life, mountains and deep valleys have been found. Some of the valley are as deep as the Grand Canyon and no one knows how it was formed. The Grand Canyon was formed by the Colorado River but we have no idea about the ones on the ocean floors.
Which feature is located nearest continent?
The feature located nearest to a continent would generally be a continental shelf, which is the submerged region of a continent that extends into the ocean before dropping off into deeper waters.
Was the Grand Canyon formed by a crater?
No. The Grand Canyon was formed by the Colorado River.
