Pacific Ocean Floor Topography
Because of its large size the pacific ocean like the rest of the world s oceans was formed millions of years ago and has a unique topography.
Pacific ocean floor topography. The dashed grey line represents the subduction of the pacific plate to the right beneath the philippine plate to the left. The following features are shown at example depths to scale though each feature has a considerable range at which it may occur. This graphic shows several ocean floor features on a scale from 0 35 000 feet below sea level. Multibeam sonar map of the seamounts.
Figure 18 5 the generalized topography of the pacific ocean floor in the area of the marianas trench near guam. State funding 2006 safe drinking water water quality and supply flood control river and coastal protection bond act of 2006 proposition 84. Sea surface temperature readings. Ocean topography off the southeast portion of the united states.
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. Federal funding noaa national ocean service office of coast surveys. Its area excluding adjacent seas encompasses about 63 8 million square miles. 83116 islands in the pacific ocean jarvis bake and howland islands 83153 united states possesion kingman reef 83157 palmyra atoll approaches to palmyra atoll.
The pacific ocean is usually divided into the north and south pacific regions with the equator serving as the division between the two. Pacific ocean floor topography map diagonal lines pattern photoshop bedtime stories movie cover paul mccartney maybe i is osama bin laden dead 2011 orange blossom trail orlando fl ocean city new jersey pictures ocean pollution facts for kids osama bin laden dead picture photoshopped owl cake ideas los campesinos heat rash 1 los campesinos album cover little lizards in florida. The ocean floors contain dramatic landscapes volcanic ridges lofty peaks wide plains and deep valleys. Pacific ocean body of salt water extending from the antarctic region in the south to the arctic in the north and lying between the continents of asia and australia on the west and north and south america on the east.
Exercise 18 1 visualizing sea floor topography. Objective create a comprehensive coastal marine bathymetric geologic and habitat base map series for all state waters mhhw 3nm. Thanks to a new synthesis of seafloor topography released through google earth. A topographic representation of the sea floor around the charleston bump.