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Deep ocean trenches can be found near continental shelves. Some are found near volcanic islands, and are formed due to plate tectonics.

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Are deep ocean trenches mostly located in the middle of ocean basin?

No, most ocean trenches (Japan, Mariana, Tonga, South Sandwich, Puerto Rico) are located along the margins of the oceans.


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.


What ocean basin is the most trenches found?

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


Where is the most food in the open ocean found?

in trenches


Where is an ocean trench most likely to form?

Ocean trenches form at areas of subduction.


Are most volcanoes form on land?

nope, ocean trenches


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.


Where are deep submarine trenches the most abundant?

Deep trenches are most likely to be found in the western Pacific Ocean, generally the arc between Tonga and the Philippines.


Why are most oceanic trenches found in the pacific ocean?

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


Which regions are thought to be the most level place on earth?

The Abyssal plains.


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.


Where were trenches in position to the enemy?

During World War I, trenches were for the most part located directly in front of the enemy's projected line of attack. Where possible, trenches were also located to the sides of enemy positions; however, many trenches (such as those used for supply- and communication-purposes) extended backwards from the front lines.