Eli5: Can someone please explain to me the ocean floor terrain? Is the titanic at the bottom of the North Atlantic ocean? Because I thought the ocean floor is deeper and extends beyond that depth. Please be as detailed as possible.
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Could you explain this question? It’s not clear what you mean. The Titanic is on the ocean floor, because it is mostly steel and steel sinks to the bottom of water.
The ocean has topography just like land does. There are some parts that are very deep, some that are relatively shallow. There are ‘trenches’ that are extremely deep.
Some cool graphics are here:
https://www.noaa.gov/education/resource-collections/ocean-coasts/ocean-floor-features
specifically for the titanic:
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/map-where-did-the-titanic-sink-wreckage-location-depth-missing-submarine/#textHow20deep20is20the20Titanicimages20of20the20ship20before
As much detail as possible in an eli5. Does that make sense or am I way off here?
The ocean floor is no different to the landscape around us, just upside down – the depth varies throughout being shallower in the areas around the continents and Islands, and deepens out towards the more remote areas of the Atlantic and Pacific oceans.
The deepest point of the oceans is the Mariana trench at 36,000 ft deep, which is the equivalent of Mount Everest. But just like Mount Everest this is the extreme, and most of the ocean is at a shallower depth like where the Titanic is at 12,500 ft.
The location of the Titanic is about 370 miles from the coast of Canada, so while it is in deep water, it is still relatively coastal and not in the truly *deep* water of one of the deep sea trenches.
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