Floor Of The Oceaan

The latest status of its seabed 2030 project was announced to coincide with world hydrography day.

Floor of the oceaan.

The ocean floor has the same general character as the land areas of the world. It is the only intergovernmental organisation with a mandate to map the entire ocean floor. Mountains plains channels canyons exposed rocks and sediment covered areas. It is the bottom of the ocean when you dive.

On average oceanic crust is only 6 to 7km thick compared to 35 to 40km for con tinental crust. The initiative that seeks to galvanize the creation of a full map of the ocean floor says one fifth of this task has now been completed. The ocean floor is literally the floor of the ocean. Exploration of the seafloor and the earth s crust.

The ocean basins are characterized not only by lying in deep water the ocean floor averages about 4km below sea level but also by being underlain by a thin layer of crust. The lack of weathering and erosion in most areas however allows geological processes to be seen more clearly on. 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. Other articles where ocean floor is discussed.

The following features are shown at example depths to scale though each feature has a considerable range at which it may occur.