Relief of the ocean floor.
Characteristics of the atlantic ocean floor.
The rift valley is a border between eurasian and north american plates in the northern atlantic and african to south american plates border.
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The mar has height of 2 3 km rises from above the ocean floor.
It separates the old world from the new world the atlantic ocean occupies an elongated s shaped basin extending longitudinally between europe and africa to the east.
The outstanding feature of the atlantic floor is the mid atlantic ridge an immense median mountain range extending throughout the length of the atlantic claiming the centre third of the ocean bed and reaching roughly 1 000 miles 1 600 km in breadth.
The outstanding feature of the atlantic floor is the mid atlantic ridge an immense median mountain range extending throughout the length of the atlantic claiming the centre third of the ocean bed and reaching roughly 1 000 miles 1 600 km in breadth.
The ocean floor topography is rich with natural sites.
The floor of the atlantic has an average depth of c 12 000 ft 3 660 m.
The following features are shown at example depths to scale though each feature has a considerable range at which it may occur.
A shallow submarine ridge across the strait of gibraltar separates the.
The second largest ocean on earth the atlantic drives our weather patterns including hurricanes and is home to many species from sea turtles to dolphins.
Continental shelf 300 feet continental slope 300 10 000 feet abyssal plain 10 000 feet abyssal hill 3 000 feet up from the abyssal plain seamount 6 000 feet.
It is separated from that of the arctic ocean by a submarine ridge extending from se greenland to n scotland.
The atlantic ocean is the second largest of the world s oceans with an area of about 106 460 000 km 2 41 100 000 sq mi.
Related to characteristics of oceanic plates.
