Abyssal hills are only visible in the Pacific Ocean because:
A) sediment has covered those found in the other ocean basins.
B) there are none in the Atlantic and Indian ocean basins.
C) they are higher in the Pacific than in the other ocean basins
D) they have been destroyed in active plate margins.
E) turbidity currents have eroded abyssal hills in the other ocean basins.
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