Submarine canyon
A submarine canyon is a steep-sided valley cut into the seabed of the continental slope, sometimes extending well onto the continental shelf, having nearly vertical walls, and occasionally having canyon wall heights of up to 5 km, from canyon floor to canyon rim, as with the Great Bahama Canyon. Just as above-sea-level canyons serve as channels for the flow of water across land, submarine canyons serve as channels for the flow of turbidity currents across the seafloor. Turbidity currents are flows of dense, sediment laden waters that are supplied by rivers, or generated on the seabed by storms, submarine landslides, earthquakes, and other soil disturbances. Turbidity currents travel down slope at great speed (as much as 70 km/hr), eroding the continental slope and finally depositing sedime
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Submarine canyon
A submarine canyon is a steep-sided valley cut into the seabed of the continental slope, sometimes extending well onto the continental shelf, having nearly vertical walls, and occasionally having canyon wall heights of up to 5 km, from canyon floor to canyon rim, as with the Great Bahama Canyon. Just as above-sea-level canyons serve as channels for the flow of water across land, submarine canyons serve as channels for the flow of turbidity currents across the seafloor. Turbidity currents are flows of dense, sediment laden waters that are supplied by rivers, or generated on the seabed by storms, submarine landslides, earthquakes, and other soil disturbances. Turbidity currents travel down slope at great speed (as much as 70 km/hr), eroding the continental slope and finally depositing sedime
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A submarine canyon is a steep- ...... yons, building an abyssal fan.
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Een submariene canyon (sub = o ...... ng van water over de zeebodem.
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Ein unterseeischer Canyon (auc ...... t 800 km weit ins Meer hinaus.
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Il canyon sottomarino è una va ...... i per centinaia di chilometri.
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Podmorski kanion – dolina na d ...... przedłużenie dolin rzecznych.
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Um Desfiladeiro submarino (por ...... idados até à rocha cristalina.
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Un cañón submarino es un valle ...... uctores del relieve terrestre.
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Подводный каньон — глубокая V- ...... инства из них — тектоническое.
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الأخدود الغائص هو نوع من الودي ...... صلبة والتي تمتد لألف الأمتار.
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A submarine canyon is a steep- ...... and finally depositing sedime
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Een submariene canyon (sub = o ...... ng van water over de zeebodem.
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Ein unterseeischer Canyon (auc ...... t 800 km weit ins Meer hinaus.
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Il canyon sottomarino è una va ...... i per centinaia di chilometri.
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Podmorski kanion – dolina na d ...... przedłużenie dolin rzecznych.
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Um Desfiladeiro submarino (por ...... as de quilómetros de extensão.
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Un cañón submarino es un valle ...... mación de los cañones submarin
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Подводный каньон — глубокая V- ...... Гудзон — более чем на 400 км.
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الأخدود الغائص هو نوع من الودي ...... صلبة والتي تمتد لألف الأمتار.
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Canyon sottomarino
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Canyon sous-marin
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Cañón submarino
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Desfiladeiro submarino
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Podmorski kanion
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Submariene canyon
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Submarine canyon
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Unterseeischer Canyon
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Подводный каньон
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أخدود غائص
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