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Kuril Trench
[ koor-il trench ]
noun
- an oceanic trench in the North Pacific Ocean off the southeast coast of Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula, along which the subduction of the Pacific Plate beneath the Okhotsk Plate is generating significant volcanic activity.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of Kuril Trench1
First recorded in 1925–30
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