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Major features of the ocean basins.
The worldwide oceanic ridge system is a continuous chain of submarine mountains that extends approximately 80,000 km (50,000 miles) through all of the world’s oceans. Collectively, these ridges represent the most prominent feature on Earth's surface after the continents and the ocean basins themselves.1