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What the steep incline at the edge of the continental shelf called?
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∙ 14y ago
The edge is called the shelf break. The actual declining shelf is called the called the continental slope.
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Steep area between continental shelf and ocean floor?
The steep area between the continental shelf and the ocean floor is called the continental margin. A continental margin is usually composed of a steep continental slope that is followed by the flatter continental rise.
What is the steep side of the edge of the continent called?
It is called the Continental Shelf
What is the steep side of the edge of a contienet called?
The steep side of the edge of a continent is called a continental slope. This feature marks the transition between the continental shelf and the deep ocean floor.
What is a steep slope that begins connected to the continental shelf and extends to the abyssal plain is called?
Continental slope
The steep continental slope merges into a more gradual incline known as the continental?
The continental rise.
Where trenches do not exist the steep continental slope merges into a more gradual incline known as the continental?
Rise
The relatively steep transition between the continental shelf and the ocean basin is the?
the continental slope
What is the underwater edge of a continent called?
The tip of the continental shelf (which has a gentle slope) where if you go any farther, the continental slope forms, which has a very steep slope.
Is the continental shelf shallow?
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What is a continental slope?
The continental slope is the area between the offshore shallows out to where the continental shelf dips steeply to the sea floor. It connects those two areas. The continental shelf is where the shallow waters of the ocean meet the shore. Farther out, the water gets progressively deeper, and this is the continental slope. At the outer edge of the continental slope, the bottom drops sharply away and plunges to the deep ocean. The Wikipedia article has more information and some drawings and diagrams. A link is provided. The steep slopingpart of the ocean floor termination of continental shelves is called continental slope.
A steep continental shelf offshore of a coastal community will likely result in worse storm surge impacts than if the shelf were shallow?
False a steep shelf slows the surge. while a slopping shelf will let the water flow.
Is it true the continental shelf is marked by an abrupt and steep dropping off point.?
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