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What are the two major regions of the ocean floor and describe how the continental shelf the continental slope in the continental rise are related?
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What are the 3 main regions of the ocean floor?
The ocean floor is divided into the Continental Shelf, the Continental Slope, and the Continental Rise.
What are the three regions of the ocean floor?
the continental Margin, Ocean Basin Floor and Mid-Ocean ridge :D
What are the three main regions of the ocean floor?
the continental Margin, Ocean Basin Floor and Mid-Ocean ridge :D
The ocean floor is divided into two major regions?
The two major regions are the continental margin and the deep-ocean basin.
Name two major regions of the ocean floor?
continental margin deep-ocean basin
What extends into the ocean then drops sharply to the ocean floor?
The Continental Shelf ; see related link below .
What is separates the continental shelf from the ocean floor?
continental slope. :)
What are the three primary topographic profiles of the ocean floor?
Continental shelf Continental slope abyss/abyssal plain
Steep area between continental shelf and ocean floor?
The steep area between the continental shelf and the ocean floor is called the continental margin. A continental margin is usually composed of a steep continental slope that is followed by the flatter continental rise.
What does the continental slope look like?
Ocean floor from the edge of the continental shelf to the continental rise
What is a continental slope?
The continental slope is the area between the offshore shallows out to where the continental shelf dips steeply to the sea floor. It connects those two areas. The continental shelf is where the shallow waters of the ocean meet the shore. Farther out, the water gets progressively deeper, and this is the continental slope. At the outer edge of the continental slope, the bottom drops sharply away and plunges to the deep ocean. The Wikipedia article has more information and some drawings and diagrams. A link is provided. The steep slopingpart of the ocean floor termination of continental shelves is called continental slope.
How are the continental shelf slope and rise related?
The continental shelf, slope, and rise are all part of the continental margin. The continental shelf is the flat, shallow portion closest to the shore, followed by the continental slope, which descends steeply to the ocean floor. The continental rise is a gentle incline at the base of the continental slope. These features are connected and represent the transition from the continent to the deep ocean basin.
