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East Pacific Rise
[ eest puh-sif-ik rahyz ]
noun
- a long north-south elevation of the seafloor in the eastern Pacific Ocean extending southward from southwestern Mexico to the Southern Ocean, separating the Pacific Plate from the North American, Rivera, Cocos, Nazca, and Antarctic Plates. : EPR
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Word History and Origins
Origin of East Pacific Rise1
First recorded in 1960–65
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