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The 23 pages that link to Mariana Trench, each with the reason it gives.

• Pacific OceanBroader topic: It marks the Pacific’s greatest measured depth.

• Pacific PlateBroader topic: It is a dramatic expression of Pacific Plate subduction in the western Pacific.

• Subduction zoneBroader topic: Its extreme depth illustrates the deep bending and descent of oceanic lithosphere.

• Convergent boundaryBroader topic: Its extreme depth illustrates trench formation at an oceanic subduction zone.

• Deep seaBroader topic: Its hadal depths expose organisms to the ocean’s most extreme pressures.

• Oceanic trenchBroader topic: It is the best-known example of an exceptionally deep oceanic trench.

• Hadal zoneBroader topic: Its deepest basin is the best-known example of hadal habitat.

• Philippine SeaBroader topic: It marks the sea’s eastern edge and contains its deepest oceanic region.

• Marine geologyBroader topic: It exemplifies the extreme topography produced at a subduction zone.

• Don WalshBroader topic: Walsh’s descent brought the trench’s deepest reaches into public view.