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What is the name of an underground mountain range?
The Mid-Ocean Ridge is an example of an underground mountain range. It is a continuous mountainous underwater ridge system that stretches across the world's oceans.
How long is the chain of sea floor mountains that stretches around the globe?
The chain of sea floor mountains that stretches around the globe is known as the mid-ocean ridge. It is approximately 65,000 kilometers (40,389 miles) long and is the longest mountain range on Earth. The mid-ocean ridge is continuously formed by plate tectonics, where new oceanic crust is created as tectonic plates move apart.
Is the pacific ocean big?
The Pacific Ocean is the largest ocean in the world at 179.7 million square kilometres (69.4 million sq mi).
For how many miles tsunami spreads?
A tsunami can travel any distance, according to how much energy it appropriates. The huge volumes of water shifted creates a wave, and gravity will push it to where their is less water, IE on land (the ocean floor moves up, so there is less water). But the wave will decrease in size as it moves.
Where are some of the longest mountain ranges on Earth found?
Some of the longest mountain ranges on Earth are found in the Andes in South America, the Rockies in North America, the Himalayas in Asia, and the Alps in Europe. Each of these mountain ranges stretches for thousands of miles and contains some of the tallest peaks in the world.
What is the land that stretches thousands of miles across the ocean called?
Abyssal Plain
What is the land that stretches thousands of miles below the ocean?
The land that stretches thousands of miles below the ocean is known as the oceanic crust. It is composed of basaltic rock and is part of Earth's tectonic plates. This crust is constantly moving and being created at mid-ocean ridges while being destroyed at subduction zones.
What do breaking waves released?
Energy that has been traveling across the ocean for hundreds or even thousands of miles.
What stretches across the Pacific Ocean from the coast of California to the coast of Japan?
A long expanse of ocean, with occaional islands.
Can a bird fly across the ocean?
Yes. The Wandering Albatross can fly for thousands of miles. I think this is true of the Arctic Tern too....
How long is the Atlantic Ocean?
The depest point is the Milwaukee Deep - 8 380 m.
Which plate is most of the us on?
The North American Plate(!) stretches across the whole of the USA, most of Canada and about halfway across the Atlantic Ocean.
Humid America stretches from the Atlantic Ocean to the?
America stretches from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean.
Can the bull sharks live thousands of miles from the ocean?
Yes
What is the name given to thousands of islands that stretch across the pacific ocean?
archipelago
Plateau off each coast of a continent that lies under the ocean and stretches for several miles?
The Continental Shelf.
True or false the path of a hurricane can cover hudreds of miles?
True. Hurricanes are large, powerful storms that can cover hundreds to thousands of miles in their path as they move across the ocean and make landfall. The diameter of a hurricane can range from 100 to 1000 miles.
