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The deepest parts of the oceans, located near the continents, are:
Choose the best answer from the options below:
A
deltas
B
peninsulas
C basins
D trenches

The correct answer is D. The deepest parts of the oceans, located near the continents, are the oceanic trenches.

Explanation:

The ocean trenches are large depressions at the base of the seabed, which constitute the deepest parts of the Earth. Of these, the Mariana Trench, located in the Pacific Ocean to the east of China, is the deepest, being approximately 11,000 meters deep.

These trenches are formed by the activity of tectonic plates, specifically when one plate moves below the other and by the force exerted a depression is generated in the seabed, followed by a chain of volcanic islands at a close distance.