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Landforms Found On The Ocean Floor
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- Landforms Found on the Ocean Floor
- Continental Shelf
- The edges of the continents slope down from the shore into the ocean.
- The part of the continent located under the water is known as the continental shelf .
- In some places the continental shelf is fairly shallow and in other place it becomes very deep, but it is not the deepest part of the ocean.
- Continental Slope
- The steep slope where the continental shelf drops to the bottom of the ocean floor is called the continental slope .
- The depth of the ocean water increases greatly here.
- Mid-ocean ridge
- On the bottom of the ocean, there is a central ridge, or mountain range, that divides the ocean floor into two parts.
- These underwater volcanic mountains are known as the mid-ocean ridge .
- Rift zone
- In the center of the highest part of the mid-ocean ridge is a narrow trench called a rift .
- Trenches
- There are many steep-sided canyons and deep, narrow valleys in the bottom of the ocean.
- Ocean trenches are the deepest part of the ocean basin and are deeper than any valley found on land.
- Ocean basin
- Located on either side of the mid-ocean ridge is the ocean basin .
- It is made up of low hills and flat plains.
- This is the deepest part of the ocean floor.
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