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What boundary are trenches found?

Trenches are found in a divergent boundary.


How do valleys and trenches differ?

They are both giant holes in the ground. Trenches are found underwater and valleys are found on land.


Deep sea trenches are found?

the galopagos islands


Where is the most food in the open ocean found?

in trenches


Was the battle of caporetto fought in trenches or open fields?

I did a report on the Battle of Caporetto and I found nothing on if they fought in trenches or open fields.


What ocean basin is the most trenches found?

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


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.


What conditions were there in the trenches?

Trench foot and dysentery were the major conditions found in the trenches. Filled with standing stagnant cold water, soldiers on both sides suffered from foot rot and lack of sanitation.


What boundary can a trench be found?

Trenches are typically found at the boundaries of tectonic plates, where one plate is being subducted beneath another. The most well-known trenches are oceanic trenches, found underwater near subduction zones where one tectonic plate sinks beneath another.


Are older rocks on the ocean floor found near deep sea trenches?

Yes


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


How are valleys and trenches alike and how do they differ?

Unlike deep sea trenches which are found in areas where one tectonic plate slides beneath another undersea canyons are found along the slopes of most continental margins the submarine canyons for example tend to have steeper side slopes much higher gradients and considerably narrower floors. thats how they different