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Q: What lies under the ocean at the edge of a continent?
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What lies under the ocean at the edge of a continent and extends about 50 miles from the coast?

The continental shelf.


How is the slope different from the continental shelf?

Continental shelf is an undersea extension of a continent. Continental slope connects the continental shelf to the abyssal plain.


Does continent lies on ocean or not?

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Plateau off each coast of a continent that lies under the ocean and stretches for several miles?

The Continental Shelf.


What ocean lies on Africa eastern border?

The African continent is bordered on the east by the Indian Ocean. The Atlantic Ocean creates the western border.


What continent lies south of the Alantic Ocean?

America (South)


What lies on Africa eastern border?

The ocean that lies to the east of Africa is the Indian ocean. The island of Madagascar is located off of the eastern coast of the continent, in the Indian Ocean.


NAme the sea that is part of the Atlantic Ocean and lies between the British Isles and the continent of Europe?

The North Sea is the sea that is part of the Atlantic Ocean and lies between the British Isles and the continent of Europe.


What continent lies directly west of Europe?

The continent is North America


What does oceanic plates mean?

oceanic plates are plates that lies under the ocean. oceanic plates are plates that lies under the ocean.


Which continent lies to the west of Atlantic ocean?

The continents are North and South America.


What country continent is located in the Pacific Ocean and lies southeast of New Zealand?

the answer is Australia