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The large circular-moving current systems that are within an ocean basin are called?
'gyres' there are 5 main gyres; North Pacific, South Pacific, North Atlantic, South Atlantic and the Indian Ocean.
Why do most volcanoes occur around the Pacific Ocean?
Most volcanoes and earthquakes occur around the Pacific Ocean basin in a roughly horseshoe shaped ring called the Rim or Ring of Fire. This is where the seismic activity is most intense due to the movement of the tectonic plates.
Where do the majority of the earthquake on earth occur?
Most earthquakes occur along the oceanic and continental plates where two plates are running into each other or sliding past each other. Fault lines or cracks in the earth can be created along these plate edges. The Pacific plate is the most active so most of the earthquakes are along the edge of that plate such as the Ring of Fire in the basin of the Pacific Ocean.
What is the relationship between a stream and a drainage basin?
A stream discharges into a drainage basin. A drainage basin is a tract of land drained by a river and its tributaries
What is Lionel Barrymore's Purdy's Basin worth?
What is Lionel Barrymore's Purdy's Basin worth?
Is California part of Hawaiian Islands or The Pacific Basin?
California and the Hawaiian Islands are actually both a part of the Pacific Basin. The Pacific Rim is also a part of the Pacific Basin.
When was Pacific Basin Shipping Limited created?
Pacific Basin Shipping Limited was created in 1998.
When was Pacific Basin Economic Council created?
Pacific Basin Economic Council was created in 1967.
What is the oldest ocean basin?
Pacific Ocean
What is Pacific basin?
the area around the Pacific Ocean. It has a port.
Is the ring of fire around the Pacific basin?
Yes. The Ring of Fire is a roughly horsehoe shaped ring encircling the Pacific basin.
In which ocean basin are most trenches found?
the pacific ocean
Why is the pacific ocean important to us?
The ocean provides food, oil and transportation.
Landform between pacific ranges and rocky mountains?
the great basin
Where is the ring ring of fire?
Around the pacific basin.
Why is the Pacific Ocean basin the fastest spreading?
pop
What are facts about the pacific basin?
the deepest section of the Central Pacific Basin lies more than 21,300 feet (6,500 m) below sea level. The basin is bordered by the submarine Mid-Pacific Mountains on the north, and the Phoenix Islands and the Tokelau Islands mark its southern reaches south of the Equator. Its floor is covered with the remains of oceanic organisms that once inhabited its waters. The comparatively warm Pacific North Equatorial Current and the Pacific Equatorial Current flow westward and eastward, respectively, in the basin.
