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What the steep incline at the edge of the continental shelf called?
The edge is called the shelf break. The actual declining shelf is called the called the continental slope.
What begins at the edge of the continental shelf?
the continental shelf-edge or shelf-break
What is the edge of continent called?
It is called the continental shelf and is located on the edge of a continent and in the water.
What is the steep side of the edge of the continent called?
It is called the Continental Shelf
What is the edge of the continent of north America called?
the continental shelf
What is the steep side of the edge of a contienet called?
Continental shelf
What marks the seaward edge of the continental shelf?
The seaward edge or its sharp drop-off from the shoreline is called continental shelf break. This region is also the area wherein continental slope begins.
The shelf edge is the boundary between the continental shelf and the?
continental slope
The BEST definition of the outer edge of the continental shelf is that point where?
The part on where the continental shelf meets the continental slope creating an edge.
Why is a continental shelf physical?
It is part of a continental plate that is submerged by the ocean. At the edge of the continental shelf, the slope suddenly increases and begins to drop off, this is called the continental slope.
What is the underwater edge of a continent called?
The tip of the continental shelf (which has a gentle slope) where if you go any farther, the continental slope forms, which has a very steep slope.
What is the underwater edge of a continent?
continental shelf
