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Means the ocean floor is pulled under the continent?
This occurs in a subduction zone.
What is the land under an ocean at the edge of a continent called?
The land under an ocean at the edge of a continent is called the continental shelf. This is the shallow submerged portion of a continent that extends from the shoreline to the continental slope.
What is called the land under an ocean at the edge of a continent?
continental
What lies under the ocean at the edge of a continent and extends about 50 miles from the coast?
The continental shelf lies under the ocean at the edge of a continent and extends about 50 miles from the coast.
What do you call the land under te ocean from which the continent rises?
Oceanic Crust
Is the arctic ocean a continent?
No, in the Arctic there is nothing but sea under the ice cap.
Is the earth crust thicker under the continent or the ocean?
Earth's crust is far thicker under the continents.
What lies under the ocean at the edge of a continent?
At the edge of a continent under the ocean lies the continental shelf, a gently sloping extension of the continent covered by shallow seas. Beyond the continental shelf, there is a steeper drop-off known as the continental slope, leading to the deep ocean floor of the abyssal plain.
If marine means ocean what is the meaning of submarine?
under the ocean
Why is Antarctica not considered as the ocean?
Antarctica is the name of this southern-most continent. It is covered by polar ice. You might be confused by the fact that there is no land under the polar ice in the north. The Arctic is the name of an ocean; Antarctica is the name of a continent surrounded by the Southern Ocean.
The Cook Islands is situated in which continent?
They are not part of any continent. Geographically they would come under Oceania.
Is Antarctica an ocean or continent?
Antarctica is a continent. Under all the snow and ice are mountains, valleys and plains above sea level just like other continents.
