oceanic trench

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concept

An oceanic trench is a long, narrow, and extremely deep depression in the ocean floor, typically formed at convergent plate boundaries where one tectonic plate subducts beneath another.

All labels observed (17)

Label Occurrences
oceanic trench canonical 43
subduction zone feature 10
undersea depression 6

Instances (69)

Instance Via concept surface
Calypso Deep undersea depression
Brownson Deep undersea depression
Norwegian Trench submarine trench
Mariana Trench
Lofoten Basin deep-sea depression
Challenger Deep undersea depression
Kuril Trench
Hellenic Trench
South Sandwich Trench
Tongue of the Ocean submarine trench
New Britain Trench
New Hebrides Trench
Timor Trough
Seram Trough
Weber Deep
New Guinea Trench
Japan Trench
USS Milwaukee
surface form: Milwaukee Deep
East Luzon Trough
Galathea Depth oceanic trench point
the Mariana Trench region
surface form: Mariana Trench region
oceanic trench system
Negros Trench
Cotabato Trench
Izu–Bonin–Mariana Trench system oceanic trench system
Richards Deep oceanic trench point
Milwaukee Deep oceanic trench feature
Arkona Basin submarine depression
Aleutian Trench
Java Trench
Molloy Deep
Horizon Deep undersea depression
Tonga–Kermadec Arc oceanic trench system
Kermadec Trench
Philippine Trench
Ryukyu Trench
Izu–Ogasawara Trench
Manila Trench
Horizon Deep (regionally associated in Tonga-Kermadec system, sometimes compared)
surface form: Horizon Deep
oceanic trench feature
Georges Basin undersea depression
Sunda Trench
Hikurangi Trench
Atacama Trench
Middle America Trench
Romanche Trench
Kamchatka Trench
Cayman Trench
Sigsbee Deep deep-sea feature
Sagami Trough
TOTO submarine trench
Puerto Rico Trench