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∙ 12y agoTonga is on the Pacific Plate
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What type tectonic plate boundary forms the Mariana trench?
A Transform Fault ZoneIn the textbook Earth Science and the Environment (4th Edition) by Thompson and Turk. Located on page 163, it shows that Tonga has a Convergent Boundary. A convergent boundary is where two lithospheic plates collide head on.
Is the Chile trench closer to the east pacific rise or is the Tonga trench closer?
the chile's trench is closer to the east pacific rise than tonga's trench
How was the Tonga Trench formed?
The Pacific Plate and the Indo-Austrialian plate collided. Because one of these plates were older, it sank. This in known as subduction.
Where in the pacific ocean is Tonga in relation to new Zealand?
Tonga lies approximately north of New Zealand. The Tonga Trench is a continuation of the Alpine Fault and the Hikurangi Trench.
How many plates are under new zealand?
New Zealand, like a few spots round the world, straddles two Tectonic Plates, the Pacific and the Australian. The movement between these two plates causes several things definitely New Zealand. The Volcanoes, the Alpine Fault, the Southern Alps.The Alpine Fault commences well south of NZ, continues through the country to emerge as the Hikurangi Trench, then the Tonga Trench and so on.
What is the age of the lithosphere at the Tonga trench?
< 200my
Why do Earth scientists think that rigid slabs of the lithosphere are descending into the mantle near the Tonga Island?
Close by the Tonga Island on the ocean floor lies the Tonga trench, which is a convergent boundary. At the Tonga trench the Pacific plate is subducting beneath the Australian-Indian plate, sending slabs of the Pacific plate into the mantle.
How deep is the kermadec trench?
The Kermadec Trench is an oceanic trench that has a depth of 32,963 feet. This trench region is located between the North Island of New Zealand and an island called Tonga.
Where is the Tonga trench located?
it is in the South Pacific Ocean i got this from wikapidia anwsers
How are canyons formed by tectonic plate?
Two plates when pushed upwards and against each other form mountain ranges. The reverse process is when two plates pull away from each other which would result in a canyon. A normal sized river flows due to this, running from north to south on its top. ++++ Plate Tectonics raises uplands and mountain chains, yes, but canyons in such landscapes are incised by rivers. Plate rifting (rather than plates pulling away from each other, which is a constructive plate margin) can create a rift valley such as the Great Rift Valley in Kenya. While such a valley may carry a river it does so by consequence. The last sentence does not really make sense.
Where does the long fin eel live?
The long fin eel lives in lots of locations, it lives in the Tonga Trench in Tonga, it also lives in the streams of New Zealand.
Who rings in the new year first in the world?
People from the Trench of Tonga --- Kiritimati, in the Christmas Islands, followed by Chatham Island in New Zealand
