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because there are tectonic plates that meet in the ocean. When they collide, it pushes the earth up sometimes extremely, forming a mountain or a mountain range.

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mountain ranges in the ocean are not effected by erosion, freeze and thaw cycles, or the root of trees and plants prying the rocks apart.

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the most famous of them is the mid-ocean ridge. it is the longest mountain range in the world.

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mid-ocean ridges

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Which features form the longest mountain ranges on Earth?

Ocean Ridge


What is the continuous mountain range in the earth oceans basic called?

The continuous mountain ranges in the earth's ocean basins are called mid-ocean ridges. These ridges were discovered with sonar, which was used to map the ocean floor.


Where are some of the longest mountain ranges on Earth found?

The chain of mountains that form the mid-ocean-ridges are the longest mountain chains in the world.


What do you call huge underwater mountain ranges?

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Are there mountain ranges on the Ocean floor?

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What is mid-ocean range?

a series of mountain ranges on the ocean floor.


Mountain ranges at the bottom of the ocean are called?

mid-ocean ridges


Which ocean feature is an underwater mountain that does not reach the surface?

mid ocean ridges are underwater mountain ranges.


Are undersea mountain ranges?

Mid-ocean ridges


What is the huge underwater mountain ranges that are presented in every ocean and circled earth?

The mid ocean ridge is the under water moutain chain that runs in 3 of the main oceans


Im the huge underwater mountain ranges that are present in every ocean and circle earth?

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Do Long high and continuous mountain ranges run through the middle of the oceans?

No, long, high continuous mountain ranges do not run through the middle of the oceans. The mid-ocean ridges are underwater mountain ranges formed by plate tectonics, but they are not high enough to breach the surface of the ocean.