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Oceanic trench
The oceanic trenches are the deepest parts of the ocean floor, typically formed when one tectonic plate slides under another. Major world trenches include:
- Aleutian Trench[?]
- Cayman Trench[?]
- Japan Trench[?]
- Kermadec Trench[?]
- Kuril Trench[?]
- Mariana Trench
- Middle America Trench[?]
- Peru-Chile Trench[?]
- Puerto Rico Trench[?]
- Tonga Trench[?]
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