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What is deep oceans trenches?

a deep-ocean trench is a portion of the earth crust


What is deep-trenches?

a deep-ocean trench is a portion of the earth crust


What is the deepest ocean trench that has been discover?

The deepest point on the Earth's surface is Challenger Deep, part of the Marianas Trench in the Pacific Ocean


Where is the lowest surface of the earth?

the Challenger Deep of the Marianas Trench


What is the deep v shaped valley that lies along the bottom of the ocean?

This iis a trench.Also ocean basin is the deepest part of the ocean.


Deep depression in the ocean floor is called?

trench


The deepest point in the Mariana Trench is called the .?

Challenger deep.


What is deep holes in the ocean floor called?

trenches


What is the lowest point of the mariana trench called?

Challenger deep.


A deep crack in the earth is called?

A deep ocean trench is a portion of the Earth's crust in which a tectonic plate is being subducted (pushed down) below another plate. At the border of the 2 plates there is a down turned portion of the uppermost plate along the uppermost edge of the subducting plate. Within this area a trench is formed and as correctly pointed out, this plate interaction does cause the deepest places on Earth.


Deepest point on earth is called?

The Deepest point on Earth is the Challenger Deep, which is in the Mariana Trench in the Pacific ocean. It has a depth of 10,971 m (35,994 ft) (6.82 miles).


When two of earths ocean plates collide they can form a deep valley called?

When two of Earth's oceanic plates collide, they can form a deep valley called a trench. Trenches are often found in subduction zones where one plate is forced beneath the other, creating a deep depression in the ocean floor.