It is more than six miles deep (10 km). Sunlight never reaches the bottom of the Mariana Trench. The lack of the sun's warmth at that depth causes the temperature of water to be just above the freezing point (37.4 degrees Fahrenheit).
The location of the Mariana Trench
Creatures that live in the deep blue sea.
The Giant Isopod
and The AnglerfishDid you know that no mountain on Earth is as high as the ocean is deep?
If the highest mountain in the world, Mount Everest, could be lowered to the bottom of the Mariana Trench, the top of the mountain would still be one mile beneath the ocean's surface. It's that deep!
Here is a picture of Mount Everest.
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Wow! that's a very interesting information, David. Cool pictures, too! thanks for sharing. Excellent!
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