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features > physiographic features > submarine features > submarine ridges > mid-ocean ridges

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Created: 2019-09-04T12:02:37

mid-ocean ridges  

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  • Information Where tectonic plates move away from each other (divergent plate boundaries), magma from the mantle rises and accumulates as a chain of volcanoes called a mid-ocean ridge.

    Created: 5/21/24

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    Created: 2019-09-04T12:02:37

    mid-oceanic ridges (en)
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    midocean ridges (en)
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    mid-ocean rises (en)
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    rise (oceanic) (en)

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