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/mɪd-ətlˈæntɪk rɪdʒ/ Listen

Mid-Atlantic Ridge

noun

A very long narrow elevation on the ocean floor that runs all the way from Iceland in the North Atlantic to Bouvet Island in the South Atlantic.

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... sea ice in Labrador Sea, Denmark Strait, and coastal portions of the Baltic Sea from October to June; clockwise warm-water gyre (broad, circular system of currents) in the northern Atlantic, counterclockwise warm-water gyre in the southern Atlantic; the ocean floor is dominated by the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, a rugged north-south centerline for the entire ...

— The 2008 CIA World Factbook • United States. Central Intelligence Agency.

Words linked to "Mid-Atlantic Ridge" : ridge, Atlantic, Atlantic Ocean