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What are the shallow fringe water up to about 180 m deep bordering the continent known as?
They aare called continental shelves
What is the body of water called above Antarctica?
The Southern Ocean surrounds the continent of Antarctica.
How is a continent different from an ocean?
Because an ocean is a body of water, and a continent is land
Is China in urip?
Europe and Asia are on the same continent-no water (sea/ocean) separates them. It's properly called the continent of Eurasia.
Is the Indian Ocean a continent?
The Indian Ocean is a body of water, a continent is a land mass.
Shallow body of water with an outlet to the ocean?
A lagoon
Where sharks live?
they live in the ocean
How does an ocean waves change when it reaches shallow water?
A ocean wave changes when it reaches the shallow water because it washes away the land which is not onshore.
Why is an ocean called an ocean?
Early inhabitants of the world pictured the Earth (Europe and Asia) as a vast continent on a flat disk. The continent was surrounded by water. The Greeks named this water "okeanos", the great stream of water encircling Earth's disk.
Though they move across the deepest ocean basins seiches and tsunami are called shallow water waves How can this be?
just cuz
How does the ocean waves change when it reaches shallow water?
The ocean wave will get smaller when it reaches shallow water. Waves will always be higher and faster when traveling through deep waters.
What sea located around Antarctica?
The salt water around the continent of Antarctica is called the Southern Ocean.
