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A large, flat, almost level area of the deep-ocean basin
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Abyssal Plain
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The gently sloping section of the continental margin located between the continental slope and the abyssal plain.
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Continental Rise
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The gently sloping section of the continental margin located between the continental rise and the continental slope.
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Continental Shelf
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The steeply inclined section of the continental margin located between the continental rise and the continental shelf.
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Continental Slope
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A long, undersea mountain chain that forms along the major ocean.
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Mid-ocean ridge
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A long, narrow, and steep depression in the ocean floor that forms when one tectonic plate subducts beneath another plate; trenches run parallel to volcanic island chains or to the coastlines of continents; also called a trench or a deep-ocean trench.
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Ocean Trench
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A long, narrow valley that form as tectonic plates separate.
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Rift Valley
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A submerged mountain on the ocean floor that is at least 1,000 meters high and that has a volcanic origin.
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Seamount
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