This image shows the ocean floor (in blue).
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the National Geographic Data Center/ U.S.G.S.
The Ocean Floor
Looking at this view of the Earth, you can see deep folds along the ocean floor. The deepest places on Earth are along these deep folds.
On the ocean floor there are:
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deep trenches at the edges of some plates
- raised areas in the middle
- large volcanoes which form isolated islands