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Submarine valley. Ocean trenches are characterized by the presence of a volcanic arc on the concave side of the trench. Trenches are now known to be related to subduction zones, places where a plate of oceanic lithosphere dives beneath another plate of either oceanic or continental lithosphere. Ocean trenches are found around the edge of the Pacific Ocean and the northeastern Indian Ocean; minor ones occur in the Caribbean and near the Falkland Islands.
Ocean trenches represent the deepest parts of the ocean floor, the deepest being the Mariana Trench which has a depth of 11,034 m/36,201 ft. At depths of below 6 km/3.6 mi there is no light and very high pressure; ocean trenches are inhabited by crustaceans, coelenterates (for example, sea anemones), polychaetes (a type of worm), molluscs, and echinoderms.
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