Exercise 2: The topography of the ocean floor.

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In the Atlantic Ocean, the Puerto Rico Trench is the result of collision between the North American plate and the Caribbean plate. The Peru/Chile Trench of the Pacific Ocean forms where the Nazca and South American plates collide.



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