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The minimum height of the detected peaks is 1.5 km, five thousand mountains reach a height of 2 km and above European-American a team of scientists announced the discovery of thousands of new mountains on Earth, reports BBC News. Minimum peak height detected is 1.5 km away. The reason why previously so impressive geological formations went unnoticed – finding mountains at the bottom of the ocean. The number of submarine hills detected enter the mountain range in the Gulf of Mexico, formed around 180 million years ago, and a mountain range in the South Atlantic, formed 85 million years ago when Africa broke away from South America.
Deep under water discovered new mountains. Detect large geological structures were previously impossible due to tons sediments covering seamounts. Thanks to gravitational data obtained from satellites, scientists were able to identify the presence of mountain ranges under tons of ocean water. Total researchers found 30 thousand mountains, 5 thousand of which are higher than 2 km The determination of the location of marine elevations is important for sound fisheries management: usually marine Inhabitants center around topographic highs. Seabed irregularities are important for controlling currents and mixing of ocean waters, phenomena that, in turn, play an important role in climate change and displacement heat waves.
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