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An ocean trench is a deep trench in the
seabed indicating the presence of a
destructive margin (produced by the movements
of plate tectonics). The subduction or
dragging downwards of one plate of the
lithosphere beneath another means that the
ocean floor is pulled down.
Subject by: Shaun Jay