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What lies under the ocean at the edge of a continent and extends about 50 miles from the coast?
The continental shelf.
What is A body of land that has water on three sides?
If it is small and doesn't stick out a lot it is called a cape. If it sticks out more, it is called a peninsula.
What are underwater tornadoes?
There is no such thing as an actual tornado underwater, as a tornado is, by definition, a vortex of air. However, a vortex underwater is called a whirlpool.
What was the super-continent called?
The last supercontinent was called Pangea.
What part of the Australian continent has spent the most time underwater over the last 600 million years?
good question
What is gente sloping part of the continent that extends underwater?
Continental shelf
What do you call the part of a continent that extends underwater?
Land. Continental shelf.
What is the shallow extension of the continent that extends beyond the shoreline called?
It is called the continental shelf.
Which continent extends farthest west?
The continent that extends the furthest west is North America. On the other hand, the continent that extends the furthest east is Asia.
What continent extends the Atlantic ocean to Asia?
The continent of Europe extends from the Atlantic Ocean to Asia.
What continent extends from the Atlantic ocean Asia?
The continent of Europe extends from the Atlantic Ocean to Asia.
What continent extends from the Atlantic ooean to Asia?
The European Continent.
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.
What is the Part of the earth or continent that drips gently downward under water?
The part of a continent that dips gently downward and is underwater is called the continental shelf. When a continent drops steeply in to the ocean it is called a continental slope.
What continents extends from the Atlantic ocean to Asia?
The continent of Europe extends from the Atlantic Ocean to Asia.
What is a part of a continent that extends to an ocean?
a peninsula
Stretching several miles off coast of each continent lies an underwater plateau called what?
The continental shelf
