Geography glossary

MIDOCEANIC RIDGE

mid-oceanic ridge: translation

an elongated range of undersea mountains formed by the extrusion of lava, combined with the upward pressure of a convection plume, at a divergent plate margin.

  1. midoceanic ridgeсрединноокеанический хребет...Англо-русский геологический словарь
  2. midoceanic ridgeгеол. срединноокеанический хребет...Англо-русский универсальный дополнительный практический словарь И. Мостицкого