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of the Earth and create ocean basins and continents; the processes that
(ROOT (S (S (NP (DT This) (NN process)) (ADVP (RB usually)) (VP (VBZ takes) (NP (NP (DT the) (JJS longest) (NN amount)) (PP (IN of) (NP (NN time)))))) (: :) (S (NP (DT an) (NN ocean) (NN basin)) (VP (VBZ forms) (PP (IN between) (NP (CD two) (NNS continents))))) (. .)))
This process usually takes the longest amount of time: an ocean basin forms between two continents.