Ryukyu Trench
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The Ryukyu Trench is a deep oceanic trench in the western Pacific, running along the Ryukyu Islands south of Japan where the Philippine Sea Plate subducts beneath the Eurasian Plate.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | As subject | As object |
|---|---|---|
| Ryukyu Trench region | 0 | 1 |
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
oceanic trench
→
subduction zone → |
| associatedIslandArc |
Ryukyu Islands
→
surface form:
Ryukyu Island Arc
|
| causes |
earthquakes
→
tsunami hazard → |
| countryMaritimeZone | Japan exclusive economic zone → |
| countryOffshoreFrom | Japan → |
| extendsFrom | south of Kyushu → |
| extendsTo | near Taiwan → |
| featureOf |
Eurasian Plate
→
surface form:
Eurasian Plate margin
Philippine Sea Plate →
surface form:
Philippine Sea Plate margin
|
| formedBy | plate convergence between Philippine Sea Plate and Eurasian Plate → |
| geologicalAge | Cenozoic → |
| geologicalProcess | oceanic lithosphere subduction → |
| locatedIn | western Pacific Ocean → |
| locatedOffCoastOf | Ryukyu Islands → |
| locatedSouthOf | Japan → |
| maximumDepth | over 7000 meters → |
| nearbySea |
East China Sea
→
Philippine Sea → |
| ocean | Pacific Ocean → |
| overridingPlate | Eurasian Plate → |
| parallelTo |
Ryukyu Islands
→
surface form:
Ryukyu Island chain
|
| partOf | Pacific Ring of Fire → |
| region |
East China Sea region
→
Philippine Sea →
surface form:
Philippine Sea region
|
| relatedTo |
Ryukyu Islands
→
surface form:
Nansei-Shoto (Ryukyu) Islands
|
| seafloorMorphology | narrow and elongated trench → |
| subductingPlate | Philippine Sea Plate → |
| tectonicSetting | convergent plate boundary → |
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Ryukyu Trench region