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The nearly continuous, global mid-ocean ridge system snakes across the Earth’s surface like the seams on a baseball. New ocean crust, shown in this map in red, forms along the divergent plate boundaries of the ridge system.
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Bathymetric map showing a global view of the mid-ocean ridge...
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29 Οκτ 2018 · The ridges are the divergent zones where oceanic plates are born, spreading apart from the central valley, or axial trough. This map shows the overall configuration of the ridges and their names. Click the image for a 900-pixel version.
Bathymetric map showing a global view of the mid-ocean ridge (MOR). The mid-ocean ridge wraps around the globe for more than 65,000 km like the seam of a baseball, with an average depth to the ridge crest of 2500 m.
A mid-ocean ridge (MOR) is a seafloor mountain system formed by plate tectonics. It typically has a depth of about 2,600 meters (8,500 ft) and rises about 2,000 meters (6,600 ft) above the deepest portion of an ocean basin. This feature is where seafloor spreading takes place along a divergent plate boundary.
The mid-ocean ridge is the world's longest continuous mountain range, stretching over 65,000 kilometers (40,000 miles) across the globe. Located primarily along divergent tectonic plate boundaries, these underwater ridges play a crucial role in shaping Earth's geological landscape through the process of seafloor spreading and volcanic activity.
10 Νοε 2020 · Bathymetric image of the East Pacific Rise, a mid-oceanic ridge located along the floor of the Pacific Ocean. (Image courtesy of Haymon et al., NOAA-OE, WHOI) The mid-ocean ridge is a continuous range of undersea volcanic mountains that encircles the globe almost entirely underwater.
16 Ιουν 2024 · The longest mountain range on Earth is called the mid-ocean ridge. Spanning 40,389 miles around the globe, it's truly a global landmark. About 90 percent of the mid-ocean ridge system is under the ocean.
