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Hudson and Monterey and Hatteras are examples of?

submarine canyons


Where do find submarine canyons?

Below the surface............


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.


Deep valleys that run through a continental slope are called?

Submarine canyons. These are steep-sided valleys that cut into the continental slope and sometimes extend onto the continental shelf. Submarine canyons can be formed by various processes, including erosion from turbidity currents or underwater landslides.


How are turbidity current and submarine canyons related?

By mud slides


How are turbidity currents related to submarine canyons?

Created by a series of complex processes, submarine canyons continue to be carved by sporadic turbidity currents waterfalls of sand, gravel, and muddy sediments.


What are V shaped valleys in the continental shelf and continental slope are called?

V-shaped valleys in the continental shelf and slope are called submarine canyons. These are deep, steep-sided valleys that cut across the continental margin and are often formed by underwater processes such as turbidity currents or erosion by underwater currents. Submarine canyons can be comparable in scale to canyons found on land.


Explain how turbidity currents are related to submarine canyons?

Created by a series of complex processes, submarine canyons continue to be carved by sporadic turbidity currents waterfalls of sand, gravel, and muddy sediments.


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.


It is thought that submarine canyons on the continental slope have been generated by?

turbidity currents


What are valleys that lead from the continental shelf into deeper waters are known as?

Submarine Canyons


Do submarine canyons prevent beaches from losing sand?

No, they remove sand and sediment.