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Identifying

Ocean Profiles

Understanding Ocean Basins

Adapted from GeoMapApp

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Atlantic Ocean Profile

Continental Shelf

Continental Shelf

Continental Slope

Abyssal Plain

Abyssal Plain

Mid Atlantic Ridge

Continental Slope

Africa

North America

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Peru-Chile Trench aka Atacama Trench

Continental Slope

Continental Shelf

Peru-Chile Trench

Abyssal Plain

Atacama Desert

Andes Mountains

SouthAmerica

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East Coast US

Continental Shelf

Continental Slope

Abyssal Plain

North America

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Part 2: Matching Profiles

Look at the 3 maps and profiles on the following slide. First you must determine which map matches which profile. Label both the map and the profiles with the following labels. First start by drawing a line at sea level.

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Part 2: Matching Profiles (Slides 6-9)

South America

Alaska

Asia & Japan

Pacific Ocean

Trench

Continental Shelf

Island (Volcano)

Abyssal Plain

Continental Slope

Continental Shelf

Andes Mountains

Atlantic Ocean

Abyssal Plain

Pacific Ocean

Trench

Japan

Asia

Sea of Japan

Pacific Ocean

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South America

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You can also have the shelf and slope in the Pacific Ocean

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Asia & Japan

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Alaska

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Southern Hemisphere (Transect)

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Southern Hemisphere Profile

Continental Shelf

Continental Shelf

Continental Slope

Abyssal Plain

Abyssal Plain

Mid Atlantic Ridge

Africa

South America

Peru-Chile Trench

Andes

Abyssal Plain

Continental Slope

Continental Slope

Continental Slope

Continental Shelf

Continental Shelf

Pacific Ocean

Indian Ocean

Atlantic Ocean