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The shelf edge is the boundary between the continental shelf and the?
continental slope
Does the gulf stream flow over the continental shelf or the continental slope?
continental shelf
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.
What is the difference between the continental slope and the continental rise?
The continental shelf starts from the shore to a few miles out with less gradient of slope. The continental slope starts after shelf-break with a higher slope gradient, then follows the continental rise and abyssal-plain.
What can occur next to the continental shelf?
the continental slope
The continental slope is located at the end of the?
Continental shelf.
How do continental slope and continental shelf form?
Abrasion
What is the slope of the continental shelf?
.05
Which section of the ocean is closest to the shoreline?
contiental shelf \
What is the ocean zone that covers the continental shelf?
The zone of ocean under shelf and continental slope are continental.
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.
Which of the following is NOT a continental margin continental shelf continental slope?
continental trench
