The ocean surface is vast and hides an entire world underneath it.
Very flat part of ocean floor.
They are among the earth s flattest and smoothest regions and the least explored.
Plate tectonics and the ocean floor.
The abyssal plains are flat or very gently sloping areas of the deep ocean floor.
Seabed contains several hundred years worth of cobalt and nickel.
Though people have traveled on the ocean for millennia people have explored only a tiny fraction of the ocean floor.
Abyssal plains generally lie.
Rift zone site of crust formationabyssal plain very flat part of ocean floorsubmarine canyon part of the continental marginguyot flat topped underwater mountain.
In recent years satellite images show a very clear mapping of the seabed and are used extensively in the study and exploration of the ocean floor.
We know very little about the vast expanse of our oceans.
They are among the earth s flattest and smoothest regions and the least explored.
The abyssal plains are flat or very gently sloping areas of the deep ocean floor.