| Show aw T f T 1 zv led f THE PAC MC OC OCEANS 5 what would be revealed if water were dra ned off leslie s weekly says if the waters of the pacific could be drained there would be revealed a vat stretch of territory g enormous pla beaus great valleys for which no par allees exist on the land surface 10 lofty mountains beside which athe aimala himalaya a and the andes would look ill e hillocks and tremendous hollows or basins only to be compared with those on the face of the moon while there are great mountains and huge basins or deeps the plateau areas are by far the most extensive rela dively speaking the floor of the pa is now at lat act revealed on the plateau areas in level there are un dulat ons and ons but the gen eral area is about the ame came depth be low the he surface soundings develop a mean depth of from 2 to 2 fathoms in spots there is a mean depth of from 2300 2 to 2490 2 fathoms deeper spots show from 2 to 2 fathoms |
