continental shelf peninsula
The portion of the land mass that extends into the ocean is called the coastline or shoreline.
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The portion of a continent that is submerged beneath the ocean is called the Continental Shelf.
The land under an ocean at the edge of a continent is called the continental shelf. This is the shallow submerged portion of a continent that extends from the shoreline to the continental slope.
A Gulf
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The portion of a continent that is submerged beneath the ocean is called the Continental Shelf.
A continent that extends underwater is called a submerged continent. An example of a submerged continent is Zealandia in the South Pacific Ocean.
The landforms that extends into the ocean or sea is known as the continental shelf. The edges of the continental shelf are marked by a steep drop off into the ocean depths.
A Gulf
The portion of the continental margin that begins where the continental shelf ends is called the continental slope. This area is characterized by a steep descent leading down to the deeper ocean floor. The continental slope connects the relatively shallow waters of the continental shelf to the abyssal plain of the ocean basin.