What are the classification of ocean currents and what is relief
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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.
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.
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Deep ocean currents are driven by density and temperature gradients. Thermohaline circulation, also known as the ocean's conveyor belt, refers to the deep ocean density-driven ocean basin currents.
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