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What marine zone consists of shallow waters between the littoral zone and the edge of the continental shelf?
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sublittoral zone.... brooo
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Which marine zone consists of shallow waters between the littoral zone and the edge of the continental shelf?
sublittoral zone
What is a shallow near the shore?
The proper term used for a shallow zone near a shore is a littoral zone. This zone is the shallow waters between the land and the open water areas.
What is a shallow zone near the shore?
The proper term used for a shallow zone near a shore is a littoral zone. This zone is the shallow waters between the land and the open water areas.
What are the shallow area of ponds and lakes near the shore called?
littoral zone
Where is the ocean more shallow?
The continental shelf is the shallow part of the ocean.
What is the shallow part of the ocean?
The continental shelf
About 90 percent of continental earthquakes have a shallow?
focus
The gently sloping shallow area that extends from the continental shore is the called the continental?
SHELFCongress, of course! Continental Congress, silly!
What accounts for the difference in density between oceanic crust and contenetial crust?
Continental crust is made of granite, and forms the continents and areas of shallow seabed close to their shores. It is less dense than the material of the mantle, which consists of mafic rock. Continental crust is then less-dense than oceanic crust, which, due to sea-floor spreading, is hardened mantle/lithosphere.
How the continental shelves developed?
The continental shelves were developed in between the glacial periods as the ocean flowed over the continents forming shallow areas along the coasts. The continental shelves developed today were formed like 18000 years ago.
What part of the Ocean floor has the most shallow water?
The most shallow part is the near-shore zone.
The shallow ocean bottom extending from the continents for about 30 miles is the?
continental shelf
