The maximum depth of Lithosphere is found in the

The correct answer is Pacific Ocean.

Key Points

• The lithosphere is the solid, outer part of the Earth.
• The lithosphere includes the brittle upper portion of the mantle and the crust, the outermost layers of Earth’s structure.
• It is bounded by the atmosphere above and the asthenosphere (another part of the upper mantle) below.
• There are two types of lithosphere:
  • ​Oceanic lithosphere and continental lithosphere.
  • The Oceanic lithosphere is associated with oceanic crust and is slightly denser than the continental lithosphere.
• The Mariana Trench is the deepest part of the ocean and the deepest location on Earth about 11,035 meters (36,201 feet) deep.
  • The deepest point of Mariana Trench is Challenger Deep.
• It is located in the South Pacific Ocean and hence the maximum depth of Lithosphere is found in the Pacific Ocean.

Additional Information

• Siberian Plain:
  • West Siberian Plain is one of the world’s largest regions of continuous flatland situated in central Russia.
  • It occupies an area of nearly 1,200,000 square miles (3,000,000 square km) between the Ural Mountains in the west and the Yenisey River valley in the east.  
  • West Siberian Plain is bounded by the Kara Sea and in the south by the Torghay Plateau, the Kazakh Uplands (Saryarqa), and the Altai Mountains. 
• Patagonian Desert:
  • It is also known as the Patagonian Steppe and the largest desert in Argentina.
  • It is a mix of desert and semidesert that covers the Patagonian tableland that extends from the Andes to the Atlantic Ocean.
• Himalayan Mountains:
  • The Himalayas are geologically young and structurally fold mountains stretch over the northern borders of India.
  • These mountain ranges run in a west-east direction from the Indus to the Brahmaputra.
  • The Himalayas represent the loftiest and one of the most rugged mountain barriers of the world.
  • They form an arc, which covers a distance of about 2,400 Km.
  • Their width varies from 400 Km in Kashmir to 150 Km in Arunachal Pradesh.