formation of new areas of oceanic crust, which occurs through the rising of magma at mid-ocean ridges and its subsequent outward movement on either side.
Deep-ocean trench
Trenches are like extremely deep valleys, just in the ocean instead of on land.
Subduction
The sideways and downward movement of the edge of a plate of the earth's crust into the mantle beneath another plate.
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