the Mariana Trench region

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The Mariana Trench region is the deepest known part of Earth’s oceans, characterized by extreme pressures, unique deep-sea ecosystems, and its location in the western Pacific Ocean near converging tectonic plates.

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Label Occurrences
the Mariana Trench region canonical 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf marine region
oceanic trench system
contains Challenger Deep
Scholl Deep
Sirena Deep
containsFeature forearc basin
inner trench slope
outer trench swell
countryExclusiveEconomicZone Federated States of Micronesia
Palau
United States of America
surface form: United States
formedBy subduction of Pacific Plate beneath Mariana Plate
governedBy Mariana Trench Marine National Monument
surface form: United States Mariana Trench Marine National Monument
hasEcosystemType deep-sea chemosynthetic community
hadal zone ecosystem
inhabitedBy amphipods
holothurians
xenophyophores
knownFor being deepest known part of Earth’s oceans
extreme hydrostatic pressure
unique deep-sea ecosystems
length about 1,550 miles
about 2,500 kilometres
lightLevel aphotic zone
locatedIn Pacific Ocean
western Pacific Ocean
maximumDepth about 11,000 metres
about 36,000 feet
maximumPressure over 1,000 atmospheres
over 100 megapascals
maximumWidth about 43 miles
about 70 kilometres
near Guam
Mariana Islands
oxygenLevel low but present
partOf Pacific Ring of Fire
protectedAreaDesignationYear 2009
researchFocus biogeochemical cycles
deep-sea geology
extreme life adaptation
salinity similar to average ocean salinity
sedimentSource pelagic sedimentation
turbidite flows
tectonicSetting convergent plate boundary
visitedByVessel DSV Limiting Factor
ROV Kaikō
ROV Kaikō
surface form: ROV Nereus

bathyscaphe Trieste
waterTemperatureRange about 1 to 4 degrees Celsius
about 34 to 39 degrees Fahrenheit

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Subject: the Mariana Trench region
Description of subject: The Mariana Trench region is the deepest known part of Earth’s oceans, characterized by extreme pressures, unique deep-sea ecosystems, and its location in the western Pacific Ocean near converging tectonic plates.

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Izu–Ogasawara Trench extendsToward the Mariana Trench region