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Sea mounts are structures that cut into the continental shelf and the continental slope?
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Seamounts are mountains that rise at least 1,000 meters from the ocean floor and are below the surface of the water. Seamounts form from extinct volcanos and range in height from 1,000 to 5,000 meters.
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Are Sea mounts are structures that cut into the continental shelf and the continental slope.?
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What is the correct order of the sections of the ocean floor?
Continental Shelf, Continental Slope, Continental Rise, Abyssal Plain, Trench, Sea Mounts.
Which structures on the ocean floor are equivalent to mountains on land?
the continental shelf, slope, and trenches of course!
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.
A list of things on the ocean floor?
continental shelf continental slope continental rise abyssal plain sea mounts guyots ocean trenches mid ocean ridge island estuary's
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.
The continental slope is located at the end of the?
Continental shelf.
What can occur next to the continental shelf?
the continental slope
How do continental slope and continental shelf form?
Abrasion
What is the slope of the continental shelf?
.05
