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They are called canyons or trenches, depending on what and where they are.
Canyons cut back into the continental shelves or are scoured channels along the shelf surface, some developed during glacial phases when the sea-level was far lower and some of what are now sea-ways, like the English Channel, were river valleys.
Trenches are particularly associated with subduction zones, where the ocean floor plate is being bent down and forced below the continent.
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What describes the ocean floor?
It is varied and includes features such as submarine canyons, atolls, and mid-ocean ridges.
What is the best description the ocean floor?
It is varied and includes features such as submarine canyons, atolls, and mid-ocean ridges.
What are Deep underwater canyons called?
The oceans floor doesn't just keep getting wider instead the ocean floor plunges into deep underwater canyons called deepocean trenches.Where ever deep ocean trenches are there is subduction.
What Underwater mountains and valleys are called?
Underwater mountains are called "seamounts," while underwater valleys are referred to as "submarine canyons." Seamounts can rise significantly from the ocean floor, often forming volcanic peaks, while submarine canyons are typically carved by erosion and currents, creating deep, steep-sided features on the ocean floor. Together, these formations contribute to the complex topography of the ocean basin.
What happens to the ocean floor at the deep ocean trenches?
what happens is the ocean floor does not just keep spreading.instead, it sinks beneath deep underwater canyons called deep- ocean trenches
What is the floor of the ocean called?
The floor of the ocean is called the seabed or ocean floor. It is made up of different features such as abyssal plains, trenches, ridges, and volcanoes.
What features are found on the ocean floor?
That it is a topgraphical and the features are a ocean floor.
What are some features of the continental shelf?
The continental shelf is the border of any of the continents that extends out and down to the ocean floor. It consists of slopes, rises and underwater canyons.
What is the deep steep side valley that originate on the continental slope and may extend to the ocean basin floor called?
Submarine Canyons
What is a deep steep sided valleys that originate on the continental slope and may extend to the ocean basin floor is called?
Submarine Canyons
What is the name of canyons that form the deepest part of the ocean floor?
The Marianas trench .
What forms features on the ocean?
What causes ocean floor features to form
