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What is a continent that extends underwater called?
continental shelf
What part of the Australian continent has spent the most time underwater over the last 600 million years?
good question
The part of a river's valley that is underwater when the river overflows its banks is called the?
Flood Plains
A terrane becomes part of a continent in a process called what?
Converging
A terrane becomes part of a continent in a process called?
Converging
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 is a continent that extends underwater called?
continental shelf
What is gente sloping part of the continent that extends underwater?
Continental shelf
The part of a river's that is underwater when the river overflows its banks is called?
The part of a river that is underwater when the river overflows its banks is called the flood plain.
What do you call the part of a continent that extends underwater?
Land. Continental shelf.
What part of the Australian continent has spent the most time underwater over the last 600 million years?
good question
Stretching several miles off coast of each continent lies an underwater plateau called what?
The underwater plateau is called the continental shelf. It is a gently sloping shelf that extends from the shoreline of a continent to a variable distance into the ocean.
What is the underwater edge of a continent?
continental shelf
What is an underwater plain that borders a continent?
An underwater plain that borders a continent is called a continental shelf. It is a relatively shallow area of the ocean that extends from the shoreline to the continental slope.
What is Japans continent called?
Japan is part of Asia
Is the Sahara Desert underwater?
No,It's on African Continent
What is part of a continent called?
A large and recognizable landmass, such as India in Asia or Greenland in North America, is called a subcontinent of the continent of which it is a subdivision.
