Mid-ocean Ridges

The mid ocean ridge is a under water mountain range,typically having a valley known as a rift running along its spine, formed by plate tectonics. The characteristics of this process is also known as ocean center spreading or sea floor spreading. The rising convection currents and divergent boundaries cause magma from the crust to rise. The magma pushes the plates apart and forms new land. A mid-ocean ridge is the boundary between two tectonic plates, and consequently, is known as a divergent plate boundary. Sea floor spreading is the result of continental drift. Continental drift is the fact that earth's continents drift on top of the mantle due to convection currents in the mantle.