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- which ocean is expanding due to a mid - ocean ridge?
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indian
atlantic
arctic
The Mid - Atlantic Ridge is a mid - ocean ridge located in the Atlantic Ocean. Mid - ocean ridges are divergent plate boundaries where new oceanic crust is formed. As new crust is created at the Mid - Atlantic Ridge, the Atlantic Ocean is expanding. The Dead Sea is a salt lake, not an ocean. The Indian Ocean has mid - ocean ridges but the most well - known example of an ocean expanding due to a mid - ocean ridge is the Atlantic. The Arctic Ocean also has ridges but its expansion due to a mid - ocean ridge is not as prominent as the Atlantic's.
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