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What is the zone between the continental shelf and the abyssal zone?
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Zone between the continental shelf and abyssal plain?
The continental rise is between the continental shelf and the abyssal plain.LittoralLitoral (alternative spelling)Intertidal
What zone covers the continental shelf?
abyssal zone
What zone covers the entire ocean floor past the continental shelf?
abyssal plain
What are the four ocean zones?
The four ocean zones are Intertidal ,Abyssal,Neritic,and the Oceanic.
What are facts about the benthic zone?
Starts at the continental shelf, and continues down the continental slope to the abyssal plain,the pressure increases as you go downthe organisms decrease as the pressure increases
What is the ocean zone that covers the continental shelf?
The zone of ocean under shelf and continental slope are continental.
What part of the ocean is the abyssal zone in?
The bit between the mid ocean ridge and the continental rise.
Differences between exclusive economic zone and continental shelf zone?
Same area: Lower part is continental shelf whereas the upper part is exclusive economic zone. Seabed or Subsoil is covered in continental shelf whereas above that is exclusive economic zone.
Which marine zone consists of shallow waters between the littoral zone and the edge of the continental shelf?
sublittoral zone
What marine zone consists of shallow waters between the littoral zone and the edge of the continental shelf?
sublittoral zone.... brooo
The Ocean zone that covers the continental shelf is?
abbysal zone
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.
