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What lies under the ocean at the edge of a continent?
Continental Shelf
What are land from continent's edge to ocean floor?
The continental rise and the continental shelf.
What is the edge of continent called?
It is called the continental shelf and is located on the edge of a continent and in the water.
Which feature best marks the edge of a continent?
The expanse of land known as a 'continental shelf' where seawater is shallow, before it drops off into the ocean.
Can best be described as a transition zone between an ocean basin floor and a continent?
The continental rise or slope otherwise known as a "shelf edge".
What lies under the ocean at the edge of a continent?
Continental Shelf
What is the land under an ocean at the edge of a continent called?
continental
What is called the land under an ocean at the edge of a continent?
continental
What lies under the ocean at the edge of a continent and extends about 50 miles from the coast?
The continental shelf.
What type of plate boundary creates a deep ocean trench along the edge of a continent?
the top part of the boundary it creates the the deep ocean trench along with the edge of a continent......:D
How is the slope different from the continental shelf?
Continental shelf is an undersea extension of a continent. Continental slope connects the continental shelf to the abyssal plain.
Which feature of the ocean floor is shallow and close to the edge of the continent?
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What is a underwater plateau off coast of a continent?
An underwater plateau off the coast of a continent is a shelf. There is a very distinct drop off point if a person reaches the edge of the plateau, assuming the water is shallow enough to wade. A plateau might consist of several shelves at various depths, something like stairs.
What is the earths surface from the edge of a continent to the deep part of the ocean?
continental shelf
What are land from continent's edge to ocean floor?
The continental rise and the continental shelf.
What is the underwater edge of a continent called?
The tip of the continental shelf (which has a gentle slope) where if you go any farther, the continental slope forms, which has a very steep slope.
Can you write a sentence using the word plateau?
The lowlands are usually visible from the edge of the plateau
