Sulu Trench

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The Sulu Trench is a deep oceanic trench in the southwestern Philippines, formed by subduction along the boundary of the Philippine Sea region and known for its significant depth and seismic activity.

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Label Occurrences
Sulu Trench canonical 2

Statements (31)

Predicate Object
instanceOf oceanic trench
associatedWith Philippine Sea Plate NERFINISHED
Sunda Plate NERFINISHED
country Philippines
depthCharacteristic deep-sea trench
featureOf Philippine Mobile Belt NERFINISHED
formedBy subduction
geologicalAge Cenozoic
geologicalProcess oceanic plate subduction
hasProperty high seismicity
steep bathymetric gradients
hazardType earthquakes
knownFor great depth
seismic activity
locatedIn Sulu Sea region NERFINISHED
southwestern Philippines
western Pacific Ocean NERFINISHED
marineEnvironment bathyal to abyssal zone
near Mindanao NERFINISHED
Sulu Archipelago NERFINISHED
ocean Pacific Ocean
Sulu Sea NERFINISHED
partOf Philippine Sea region NERFINISHED
region Southeast Asia
relativeLocation east of Borneo
south of the Visayas
researchField marine geology
plate tectonics
seismology
tectonicSetting convergent plate boundary
typeOf deep oceanic trench

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Cotabato Trench parallelTo Sulu Trench