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the continental shelf-edge or shelf-break
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Continental shelf is part of what?
the continental shelf begins at the shoreline and slopes gently toward the open ocean the continental rise is the base of the continental slope, which is made up of large pites of sediment the continental slope is the edge of the continental shelf
List three differences between the continental shelf and the abyssal plain?
The continental shelf is an extension of the cotton, only beneath water. The continental slope begins beyond the shelf and slopes downward.
Does the gulf stream flow over the continental shelf or the continental slope?
continental shelf
Zone between the continental shelf and abyssal plain?
The continental rise is between the continental shelf and the abyssal plain.LittoralLitoral (alternative spelling)Intertidal
Describe the continental shelf slope and rise?
continental margin
What marks the seaward edge of the continental shelf?
The seaward edge or its sharp drop-off from the shoreline is called continental shelf break. This region is also the area wherein continental slope begins.
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.
Continental shelf begins at the shoreline and slopes gently toward the open ocean continental slope is the edge of the continental shelf?
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The shelf edge is the boundary between the continental shelf and the?
continental slope
The BEST definition of the outer edge of the continental shelf is that point where?
The part on where the continental shelf meets the continental slope creating an edge.
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.
What continental begins at the shoreline?
It is called the continental shelf.
Continental shelf is part of what?
the continental shelf begins at the shoreline and slopes gently toward the open ocean the continental rise is the base of the continental slope, which is made up of large pites of sediment the continental slope is the edge of the continental shelf
What begins at the shoreline?
The continental shelf begins at the shoreline.
What is the underwater edge of a continent?
continental shelf
The oceanic crust begins at the continental shelf or rise?
The oceanic crust begins at the continental rise
What is the continental edge?
The continental shelf edge is an area that is located at the edge of an underwater landmass. This landmass extends out from a continent and has a relatively shallow area of water which is often referred to as the shelf sea.
