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What is called the transition between the shelf and the deep seafloor?
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The shelf edge is the boundary between the continental shelf and the?
continental slope
What is a narrow shelf called?
A ledge
How do Shelf fungus and Hickory trees live together?
The symbiosis between Shelf Fungi and Hickory trees is Parasitism.
What is an underwater plateau called?
It'a actually a Contiental Shelf. To be Exact.
What is the difference between a shelf cloud and a wall cloud?
A shelf cloud is produce by thunderstorm outflow, resulting from rain cooled air being force downward and outward in a thunderstorm. A shelf cloud may indicate that strong straight-line winds are coming A wall cloud is found in the mesocyclone, or rotating updraft of a type of thunderstorm called a supercell. This is an indicator that a tornado may soon form.
What is the flat area of shallow seafloor just off the coast called?
The continental shelf
What is the steep side of the edge of a contienet called?
The steep side of the edge of a continent is called a continental slope. This feature marks the transition between the continental shelf and the deep ocean floor.
The relatively steep transition between the continental shelf and the ocean basin is the?
the continental slope
What is a transition zone between a ocean basin floor and a continent?
The transition zone between an ocean basin floor and a continent is known as the continental shelf. It is the submerged part of a continent that extends from the shoreline to the continental slope. The continental shelf is characterized by relatively shallow waters and is an area of high biological productivity.
What is the gologic edge of the continent?
The geologic edge of a continent is typically defined by the continental shelf, which is the submerged part of the continent that slopes downward into the ocean basin. This transition from the continental shelf to the deep ocean is called the continental slope.
Was land once under a ocean?
The general term is seafloor. Along the edges of large land masses, the continental shelf is part of the seafloor.
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.
The portion of land that extends into the ocean is called the continental?
shelf
Can best be described as a transition zone between an ocean basin floor and a continent?
The best way to describe such a region would be as a continental slope. This area marks the boundary between the shallow continental shelf and the deep ocean floor. It is characterized by a steep incline leading down to the ocean basin.
The shelf edge is the boundary between the continental shelf and the?
continental slope
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 is a gentle sloping submerged surface extending from the shoreline toward the deep ocean is called the?
It is called The Continental Shelf.
