Mysterious Creatures of the Mariana Trench
August 20, 2018
Mariana trench is the deepest trench present on the surface of the earth.
It is also the deepest point on the surface of the earth’s crust. It is located in the Pacific Ocean towards the western Pacific of the Philippines towards the east of the Mariana Islands. It is a crescent-shaped trench which is actually a part of the global network of trenches which were formed by the collision of the two tectonic plates i.e. the Pacific plate is being subducted below the Mariana plate thus creating the trench. As a result of this subduction, the Mariana Islands were created by the flux melting of the upper mantle.
The Mariana trench is 2,550 km long and 69 km wide. The deepest point measured until now is approx. at 11,034 meters. It is so deep that if Mount Everest is dropped into it, its peak will be 2 km under water. At the bottom of the trench, the density of water is 4.96% more due to increased atmospheric pressure almost 1000 times greater than at the sea level.
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