Glossary: Mid-ocean Ridge
A nearly continuous undersea mountain chain that marks the location where tectonic plates (pieces of the lithosphere) are diverging or moving apart. Mid-ocean ridges are the locations of creation of new ocean crust.
A nearly continuous undersea mountain chain that marks the location where tectonic plates (pieces of the lithosphere) are diverging or moving apart. Mid-ocean ridges are the locations of creation of new ocean crust.