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What lies under the ocean at the edge of a continent and extends about 50 miles from the coast?
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The continental shelf.
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What is the relative temperature of the ocean current flowing along the west coast of a continent in the midlatitudes?
the marine west coast and the mediterranean.
What forces control the shape of a continental shelf?
Tectonic forces and the climate control the shape of the continental shelf. The continental shelf is the part of the continent that extends into the ocean.
The chain of mountains that extends into all of the ocean on Earth is the?
Mid-Ocean Ridge
Name the major divisions of the global ocean?
The largest ocean is the Pacific ocean. It flows between Asia and the Americas. The volume of the Atlantic ocean, the second largest ocean, is about half the volume of the pacific ocean. The Indian ocean is the largest ocean. The Arctic ocean is the smallest ocean. This ocean is unique because much of it's surface is covered by ice. The Southern ocean extends from the coast of Antarctica to 60 degrees south latitude
Is the Antarctic ocean or continent?
The Antarctic is a region that contains the continent Antarctica, surrounding the South Pole and surrounded by the Southern Ocean.
What continent extends the Atlantic ocean to Asia?
The continent of Europe extends from the Atlantic Ocean to Asia.
What continent extends from the Atlantic ocean Asia?
The continent of Europe extends from the Atlantic Ocean to Asia.
What is the portion of the continent or the coastal plain that extends into the ocean?
The "continental shelf" is generally considered to be up to the 600-foot depth. Along the Atlantic coast, that extends a hundred miles or more. On the Pacific side, there really is no continental shelf; we have deep water only a couple of miles off the coast.
What continents extends from the Atlantic ocean to Asia?
The continent of Europe extends from the Atlantic Ocean to Asia.
What is a part of a continent that extends to an ocean?
a peninsula
What continent extends form Atlantic Ocean to Asia?
europe
Plateau off each coast of a continent that lies under the ocean and stretches for several miles?
The Continental Shelf.
What continent borders the pacific ocean on the eastern coast and Arctic Ocean on the northern coast?
Asia.
Where does the ocean located?
The ocean is located off the coast of any continent.
What continent borders the pacific ocean on its eastern coast and the Arctic ocean on its northern coast?
AsiaAsia
Ocean that extends from the cost of Antarctica to 60 south latitude?
The ocean that surrounds the Antarctic continent is called the Southern Ocean.
Landform that extends from a continent into a sea or ocean?
The landforms that extends into the ocean or sea is known as the continental shelf. The edges of the continental shelf are marked by a steep drop off into the ocean depths.
