Mid Ocean Ridges Map. The mid-ocean ridge wraps around the globe for more than 65,000 km like the seam of a baseball, with an average depth to the ridge crest of 2500 m. Mid-ocean ridges are divergent boundaries where convection currents in the mantle lift the ocean floor and produce a rift in the lithosphere that follows the crest of the ridge
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There are more ridges whose names don't fit: The Galápagos Ridge runs from the East Pacific Rise to Cntral America, and the northern continuation of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge is called Reykjanes Ridge south of Iceland, Mohns Ridge. The Mid-Ocean Ridge is crucial for understanding the mechanics of plate tectonics and seafloor spreading
The major tectonic plates, midoceanic ridges, trenches and transform
Bathymetric map showing a global view of the mid-ocean ridge (MOR) Bathymetric map showing a global view of the mid-ocean ridge (MOR) This image (at latitude 9° north) is of a small part of the East Pacific Rise.
. The Mid-Ocean Ridge is crucial for understanding the mechanics of plate tectonics and seafloor spreading There are more ridges whose names don't fit: The Galápagos Ridge runs from the East Pacific Rise to Cntral America, and the northern continuation of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge is called Reykjanes Ridge south of Iceland, Mohns Ridge.
. Map of Marie Tharp and Bruce Heezen, painted by Heinrich C. The mid-ocean ridge is the world's longest continuous mountain range, stretching over 65,000 kilometers (40,000 miles) across the globe.