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The 48 states and D.C. together have an area of 3,119,884.69 square miles (8,080,464.25 km²). Of this, 2,959,064.44 sq mi (7,663,941.71 km²) is land, comprising 83.65% of U.S. land area. Officially, 160,820.25 sq mi (416,522.38 km²) is water area, comprising 62.66% of the nation's water area. Its 2000 census population was 279,583,437, comprising 99.35% of the nation's population. Its population density was 94.484 inhabitants/sq mi (36.48/km²), compared to 79.555/sq mi (30.716/km²) for the nation as a whole.
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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 area is between the continental slope and ocean basin?
continental rises
This area is between the continental slope and ocean basin?
Between the continental slope and the ocean basin is the continental rise
What does the continental margin consist of?
The continental margin is the zone of ocean floor that separates oceanic crust and continental crust. It accounts for 28% of all oceanic area.
The most common way that material is added to a continental shelf?
A continental shelf refers to the area of seabed around a large landmass. The most common way that material is added to a continental shelf is through the deposition of continental sediments.
What is the answer to this definition area between the shoreline and the continental slope?
The area between the shoreline and the continental slope is known as the continental shelf. It is a relatively shallow, flat or gently sloping underwater landmass that extends from the shoreline to the beginning of the continental slope. The continental shelf is an important zone for marine life and for human activities such as fishing, oil and gas exploration, and shipping.
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 area is between the continental slope and ocean basin?
continental rises
What is continental air?
A continental air mass covers a big area.
This area is between the continental slope and ocean basin?
Between the continental slope and the ocean basin is the continental rise
Is Long Island the largest island in the US?
No, but it is the largest island in the continental USA No, but it is the largest island in the continental USA
The gently sloping shallow area that extends from the continental shore is the called the continental?
SHELFCongress, of course! Continental Congress, silly!
Do continental plates shrink and grow in area?
they do
What area of the US includes Colorado?
Continental US.
What is the most unpopulated area of the continental US?
Wyoming
Is Chicago in the Northern Hemisphere or Southern Hemisphere?
It is in the northern hemisphere. All of the continental USA is in the northern hemisphere. Chicago is in the northern half of the continental USA.
What does the continental margin consist of?
The continental margin is the zone of ocean floor that separates oceanic crust and continental crust. It accounts for 28% of all oceanic area.
