oceanic ridge
noun
any section of the narrow, largely continuous range of submarine mountains that extends into all the major oceans and at which new oceanic lithosphere is created by the rise of magma from the earth's interior
See also sea-floor spreading
Words nearby oceanic ridge
oceangoing,
oceania,
oceanian,
oceanic,
oceanic crust,
oceanic ridge,
oceanic trench,
oceanic whitetip shark,
oceanicity,
oceanid,
oceanog.