A depression in the ocean floor that is circular to nearly square in shape. It doesn't matter how big it is. Because they are surrounded by high elevations such as ocean ridges, ocean rises, and plateaus, as well as continents and island arcs, sedimentation is abundant and the ocean floor is often flat. They come in various sizes, with the Kuril Basin located just north of the Kuril Islands in the southern part of the Sea of Okhotsk being a representative small one, and the Northwest Pacific Basin located east of Japan being a representative large one. The Kuril Basin is surrounded by land on all sides, and is a representative example of an ocean basin that is flat due to the sediments. In contrast, the Northwest Pacific Basin is a representative example of an ocean basin that still has unevenness, as the Kuril Trench, Japan Trench, and Izu-Ogasawara Trench on the continental side dam up sediments from the land. [Tadashi Yasui] Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend |
形が円形から正方形に近い海底のくぼみ。その大きさにはよらない。周囲を海嶺(かいれい)、海膨(かいぼう)、海台などの高まりや、大陸、島弧などで囲まれているので、堆積(たいせき)が盛んで平坦(へいたん)な海底となっていることが多い。大きさにはいろいろあって、オホーツク海の南部、千島列島のすぐ北の千島海盆は小さいものの代表で、日本の東側にある北西太平洋海盆は大きいものの代表である。また、千島海盆は四方を陸に囲まれ、その堆積物で平坦な海盆の代表である。これに対し北西太平洋海盆は、大陸側に千島海溝、日本海溝、伊豆・小笠原(おがさわら)海溝などがあって、陸地からの堆積物をせき止めているので、凹凸が残っている海盆の代表例となっている。 [安井 正] 出典 小学館 日本大百科全書(ニッポニカ)日本大百科全書(ニッポニカ)について 情報 | 凡例 |
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