a continuous series of underwater mountains is called ocean ridges.
a continuous series of underwater mountains is called ocean ridges.
what is a continuous series of underwater mountains called?
ocean ridges
mountain ranges outside these two systems include the arctic cordillera, the urals, the appalachians, the scandinavian mountains, the great dividing range, the altai mountains and the hijaz mountains. if the definition of a mountain range is stretched to include underwater mountains, then the ocean ridges form the longest continuous mountain system on earth, with a length of .









































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the inference in all of this is that the area where the samples came from was the "telegraphic plateau" as called by maury who had sent out ships to sound those depths at two hundred mile intervals from newfoundland to ireland. maury had charted the underwater mountain ridge. the microscopic organisms left the sea floor on this "telegraphic plateau" were deep and soft so that the area was that of a long mountain chain with the top of those underwater mountains having a firm and soft coating of these dead organisms. this meant that the area was deep enough that no ship's anchor nor any fisherman's net would drag the area. the fact that there was no abrasion on these minute organisms meant that there were no strong currents in that area at that depth. soon after publishing this, cyrus west field wrote to maury of the usno on the feasibility of laying a transatlantic cable and was given a positive reply and later details explanation face to face. cyrus field also contacted samuel morse regarding the feasibility of transmitting an electric current a distance of underwater. again, field was given an affirmative and soon visited morse. cyrus field continued contacting these two men, maury and morse, gathering all possible information and offered them shares in his great adventure that would become a reality in 1858 when the queen of the united kingdom communicated with president buchanan in morse code through the transatlantic cable.
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