Tharulya's Diaries

                    down to the oceans    This time am going to write about four more oceanic features. Continental shelf This a gently sloping area that borders a continent. It extends offshore from almost nothing to 1000 miles wide and about 180 meters deep. Continental slope This a very steep slope that drops down from the continental shelf. It could be 12 miles wide and 10000 feet deep. Abbysal plane   This is the most level surface of planet Earth. If sediment collects over the rough parts of the ocean floor we call it an abbysal plane. Mid ocean ridges these are continuous mountain chains that can be found in every big ocean. They represent more than 20 percent of Earth’s surface.   (photos are from internet) And with that, I complete DOWN TO THE OCEANS. please keep visiting my blog.  

Hydrothermal vents hydrothermal vents As part two of down to the oceans I am going to write about hydrothermal vents.   Hydrothermal vents are chimney like towers that were of course, made naturally. They lead deep into the earth’s surface. Heated chemicals boil up from these natural chimneys in very high temperatures. Strangely in the water that had turned cloudy blue, small bacteria-unseen to the naked eye, and also pale crabs, a type of sea worm and other types of animals lived.    life from hydrothermal vents (photos are from internet)  

                                                                 down                                                to                                                       the                                                             oceans The ocean is a vast & impressive place on Earth. It contains various life forms such as corals, fish, turtles, whales an...