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The Pacific Ocean is part of the Ring of Fire. The ring of fire is underwater trenches made my moving plates. The plates pushed on each other and eventually moved downward, creating trenches

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Deep-oceanic trenches are most abundant around the rim of the?

Deep-oceanic trenches are most abundant around the rim of the Pacific. Deep ocean trenches are surficial evidence for sinking of oceanic lithosphere into the mantle at a subduction zone.


What ocean basin is the most trenches found?

Pacific. (it is the last option to bubble in)


In which ocean basin are most trenches found?

Most trenches are found in the Pacific Ocean basin. This is because the Pacific Plate is the largest tectonic plate on Earth and is actively subducting beneath other plates, leading to the formation of deep ocean trenches. The Mariana Trench, the deepest trench in the world, is located in the Pacific Ocean.


Where are ocean trenches around the world?

There are 26 oceanic trenches in the world: 3 in the Atlantic Ocean, 1 in the Indian Ocean, and 22 in the Pacific Ocean.... and more in the process!For more about ocean trenches visit the website I got this great information from:http://www.physicalgeography.net/fundamentals/10p.html


What are elongated troughs on the ocean floor called?

Elongated troughs on the ocean floor are called oceanic trenches. These features are formed by the subduction of one tectonic plate beneath another, creating deep depressions in the seabed. Oceanic trenches are some of the deepest parts of the Earth's crust.


What are the valleys under the ocean called?

They are called trenches.


Which basin contains many deep sea trenches?

The Pacific Ocean basin contains many deep-sea trenches, such as the Mariana Trench, which is the deepest known point in the ocean. These trenches are formed by the subduction of tectonic plates, creating some of the most extreme environments on Earth.


In which ocean are most of the deep-sea trenches located?

Most of the deep-sea trenches are located in the Pacific Ocean. These trenches are formed by the subduction of tectonic plates, where one plate slides beneath another, creating deep underwater chasms. The Mariana Trench, the deepest known trench on Earth, is located in the Pacific Ocean.


Where do deep-ocean trenches occur?

Ocean ridges and deep ocean trenches force slab pull and slab push to facilitate plate tectonics. The ocean ridges raise the ocean floor pushing the plate toward the trench, which is lower pulling the plate into the subduction zone.


How many trenches does the pacific ocean have?

none


Trenches are the deepest parts of the ocean floor which of the earth's four oceans hs the deepest trenches?

The Pacific Ocean has the deepest trenches.


Oceanic crust returns to the mantle at deep ocean trenches which are?

rocks