中ちゅう央おう海かい嶺れい

noun, noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'

mid-ocean ridge

A geological term for an underwater mountain range formed by plate tectonics. Used in scientific contexts.

• 中ちゅう央おう海かい嶺れいは、プレートが生うまれる場ば所しょです。

  Mid-ocean ridges are places where plates are born.