Different Landforms On The Ocean Floor

This video examines the different types of features in the ocean primarily on the ocean floor.

Different landforms on the ocean floor.

The same tectonic forces that create geographical features like volcanoes and mountains on land create similar features at the bottom of the oceans. Inland bodies of saltwater such as the caspian sea and the great salt. Many different types of landforms make up earth s topography. These underwater volcanic mountains are known as the mid ocean ridge.

The oceans cover more than 70 percent of earth s surface. Slideshare uses cookies to improve functionality and performance and to provide you with relevant advertising. Barrier island coastal dune landform that forms by. But beneath the surface past the continental shelf the ocean floor contains many other landforms including some that are quite similar in scope to those found on the continents.

Abyssal plain flat area on the deep ocean floor. Ayre shingle beaches in orkney and shetland. Familiar landforms lie far beneath the ocean surface. Most people know more about the surface of the moon than the ocean floor.

This video examines the different types of features in the ocean primarily on the ocean floor. Far taller and deeper than any landforms found on the continents. Rift zone a narrow trench located in the center of the highest. Atoll ring shaped coral reef.

Archipelago a group of islands. Continental shelf 300 feet continental slope 300 10 000 feet abyssal plain 10 000 feet abyssal hill 3 000 feet up from the abyssal plain seamount 6 000 feet. In fact the tallest mountains and deepest canyons are found on the ocean floor. Arch a natural rock formation where a rock arch forms.

Several major categories of landform define that smaller portion of the planet not covered by water including mountains plains plateaus and valleys. This graphic shows several ocean floor features on a scale from 0 35 000 feet below sea level. The following features are shown at example depths to scale though each feature has a considerable range at which it may occur. Far beyond the reach of sunlight and shrouded in perpetual darkness much of the ocean floor remains unseen by human eyes.

Abyssal fan underwater geological structures associated with large scale sediment deposition. Smaller ocean regions such as the mediterranean sea gulf of mexico and the bay of bengal are called seas gulfs and bays. Sea mounts volcanic mountains that are not formed on the mid ocean ridge. These can be formed by a variety of natural forces including erosion from water and wind plate movement folding and faulting.