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Peru Basin

basin, Pacific Ocean
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The Peru Basin is a region within the eastern Pacific Ocean, located south of the Galapagos Islands. It is separated from the Southeast Pacific Basin by the Sala y Gómez Ridge. This basin is part of the less pronounced ocean floor relief found east of longitude 150° W in the Pacific. The Peru-Chile Trench, a significant submarine trench, lies about 100 miles off the coast of Peru and Chile and marks the subduction of the Nazca Plate under the South American Plate. This trench reaches a depth of 26,460 feet and is approximately 3,666 miles long.12

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  1. Peru-Chile Trench
  2. Pacific Ocean - Principal ridges and basins
  3. Peru - The Sierra, or Andean, region
  4. Peru - The Costa
  5. Andean Geosyncline
  6. Peru
  7. Middle America Trench
  8. South America - The arid west coast
  9. Peru - Amazonia of Peru
  10. Peru Current

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