Mariana Trench


The Mariana Trench is located in the Pacific Ocean and it is the deepest part of the world's oceans, and the lowest elevation of the surface of theEarth's crust. It is located in the western Pacific Ocean, to the east of the Mariana Islands. The trench is about 2,550 kilometres long but has a mean width of only 69 kilometres. It reaches a maximum depth of about 11,033 metres. It was created by ocean-to-ocean subduction, a phenomena in which a plate topped by oceanic crust is subducted beneath another plate topped by oceanic crust. Under the Mariana Trench, there is a lot of unique creature with a special ability such as it can glow and it stays under the sand.

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