Mountain Range Ocean

Continent ocean convergence is similar to ocean ocean convergence.

Mountain range ocean. American cordillera 13 400 km 8 300 mi. Ring of fire 40 000 km 25 000 mi. Some mountain chains in north america and south america are called cordilleras. Undersea mountain ranges are mountain ranges that are mostly or entirely underwater and specifically under the surface of an ocean.

About 90 percent of the mid ocean ridge system is under the ocean. Spanning 40 389 miles around the globe it s truly a global landmark. After years of mapping the sea floor it was revealed that the longest unbroken mountain chain in the world was running through the middle of the atlantic ocean. The nearly continuous global mid ocean ridge system snakes across the earth s surface like the seams on a baseball.

This system of mountains and valleys criss crosses the globe resembling the stitches in a baseball. Muirfield seamount is located just off the cost of the cocos islands in the middle of the indian ocean. Andes 7 000 km 4 300 mi. The mid ocean range stretches around the globe like the seam of a baseball.

They called it the mid atlantic ridge and determined that it was over 40 000 kilometers long. The underwater mid ocean ridge 65 000 km 40 000 mi. Mountain ranges that are mostly or entirely under the surface of an ocean. 4800 m peak reaches 16 m below the ocean surface.

One important difference is that in continent ocean convergence mountains are formed instead of islands. Northern and southern andes main subdivisions along both run three vast almost parallel chain systems of mountain ranges cordillera occidental. If originated from current tectonic forces they are often referred to as a mid ocean ridge. The mid ocean ridge is the most extensive chain of mountains on earth stretching nearly 65 000 kilometers 40 390 miles and with more than 90 percent of the mountain range lying in the deep ocean.

A cordillera is an extensive chain of mountains or mountain ranges. The global mid ocean ridge is the longest of the sub marine mountain ranges stretching for a length of about 65 000 km 40 000 miles. The continuous mountain range is 65 000 km 40 400 mi long several times longer than the andes the longest continental mountain range and the total length of the oceanic ridge system is 80 000 km 49 700 mi long. The mountains are formed from cooled lava after the sea floor is forced to rise from convection currents.

Sub marine mountain ranges also a product of plate tectonics are found underwater. Mountain systems himalyan ranges and chains by length over 500 km. The longest mountain range on earth is called the mid ocean ridge. If you were thinking that the world s tallest underwater mountain in the ocean could present a problem for ships you d be right.