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What three regions make up the continental margin that extends from the land into the ocean?
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∙ 9y ago
I don't think it is the continental shelf
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∙ 9y ago
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The ocean floor is divided into two major regions?
The two major regions are the continental margin and the deep-ocean basin.
What are the 2 major regions of the ocean?
The continental margin and the deep ocean basin
What are the three regions of the ocean floor?
the continental Margin, Ocean Basin Floor and Mid-Ocean ridge :D
Name two major regions of the ocean floor?
continental margin deep-ocean basin
What are the three main regions of the ocean floor?
the continental Margin, Ocean Basin Floor and Mid-Ocean ridge :D
What is continental margin?
The continental margin is the zone of the ocean floor that separates the thin oceanic crust from thick continental crust.
What is a continental margin?
A continental margin is the zone of transition between a continent and the deep ocean floor. It includes the continental shelf, continental slope, and continental rise. It is an area where sediments from the continent are deposited and tectonic activity can occur.
What covers that Atlantic Ocean's continental margin?
The Atlantic ocean.
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.
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.
The portion of land the extends Into the ocean is called continental?
continental shelf peninsula
What is one structure you would find at an active continental margin that you would not find at a passive continental margin?
On an active continental margin, you would be likely to find an active ocean trench. This structure would generally not occur at a passive continental margin.
