Question

describe the relief features of the ocean floor

Answer 1

Major Ocean Relief Features

Four major divisions in the ocean relief are:

the continental shelf,

the continental slope,

the continental rise,

the Deep Sea Plain or the abyssal plain.

Minor Ocean Relief Features

Ridges,

Hills,

Seamounts,

Guyots,

Trenches,

Canyons,

Sleeps,

Fracture zones,

Island arcs,

Atolls,

Coral reefs,

Submerged volcanoes and

Sea-scarps.

Answer 2

Answer:

About 71 % of the earth's surface is covered by water. ... There are mountains, basins, plateaus, ridges, canyons and trenches beneath the ocean water too. These relief features found on the ocean floor are called submarine relief. The Ocean basins are broadly divided into four major sub-divisions.