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What are V shaped valleys in the continental shelf and continental slope are called?
Submarine Canyons
A sharp drop-off beyond the continental shelf is called what?
Continental slope
Can you show me a picture of the continental slope?
Here is a pic of the continental slope.
The continental shelf continental slope and continental rise combine to form the?
The continental shelf is basically an extension of a continent into an ocean. It is underwater during interglacial periods (such as today) but dry during glacial periods. The continental slope is the sloping area between the continental shelf and the continental rise (where the continental plate meets the oceanic plate). The continental shelf and the continental slope together are called the continental margin. The continental rise is located at the bottom of the continental slope and is formed by the accumulation of sediment from the continent. Past the continental rise lies the abyssal plain which is the flat ocean floor.
This area is between the continental slope and ocean basin?
Between the continental slope and the ocean basin is the continental rise
What are V shaped valleys in the continental shelf and continental slope are called?
Submarine Canyons
What is a deep steep sided valleys that originate on the continental slope and may extend to the ocean basin floor is called?
Submarine Canyons
Flat seafloor in the deep ocean formed when deposits of sediment filled valleys?
continental slope
A sharp drop from a continent to an ocean basin is called what?
A sharp drop from a continent to an ocean basin is called a continental slope. This feature marks the boundary between the continental shelf and the deep ocean floor.
What is a steep slope that begins connected to the continental shelf and extends to the abyssal plain is called?
Continental slope
What does the continental shelf and the continental slope make up together?
They are both part of the larger structure called the continental margin where a continental plate meets an oceanic plate. The lower (deeper) end of the continental slope is called the continental rise.
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.
Why is a continental shelf physical?
It is part of a continental plate that is submerged by the ocean. At the edge of the continental shelf, the slope suddenly increases and begins to drop off, this is called the continental slope.
A sharp drop-off beyond the continental shelf is called what?
Continental slope
Location of continental slope?
continental slope
The place where the ocean floor suddenly plunges downward is called the A. continental shelf. B. continental slope. C. abyssal plain. D. abyssal hill.?
The answer is: B. Continental slope.
What the steep incline at the edge of the continental shelf called?
The edge is called the shelf break. The actual declining shelf is called the called the continental slope.
