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The continental rise is between the continental shelf and the abyssal plain.
Littoral
Litoral (alternative spelling)
Intertidal
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List three differences between the continental shelf and the abyssal plain?
The continental shelf is an extension of the cotton, only beneath water. The continental slope begins beyond the shelf and slopes downward.
What zone covers the entire ocean floor past the continental shelf?
abyssal plain
The place where the ocean floor suddenly plunges downward is called the A. continental shelf. B. continental slope. C. abyssal plain. D. abyssal hill.?
The answer is: B. Continental slope.
Describe the continental shelf slope and rise?
continental margin
What kind of land forms are in the ocean?
The land form that is similar to an ocean trench would be a river. This is because it is a crack in the surface filled with water.
What are the horizontal divisions in a marine ecosystem?
Continental Shelf, Continental Slope and Continental rise, and Abyssal plain
What is the smooth nearly flat region of the ocean floor called?
Abyssal plain. Earth science book.
What are the characteristics of an ocean?
ocean ridge abyssal plain continental shelf continental slop hydrothermal vent
What is a steep slope that begins connected to the continental shelf and extends to the abyssal plain is called?
Continental slope
What are characteristics of an ocean?
ocean ridge abyssal plain continental shelf continental slop hydrothermal vent
How is the slope different from the continental shelf?
Continental shelf is an undersea extension of a continent. Continental slope connects the continental shelf to the abyssal plain.
List three differences between the continental shelf and the abyssal plain?
The continental shelf is an extension of the cotton, only beneath water. The continental slope begins beyond the shelf and slopes downward.
What zone covers the entire ocean floor past the continental shelf?
abyssal plain
What are four main features of the deep ocean basins?
They are: Continental Shelf Continental Slope Abyssal Plain Ocean Deeps
The place where the ocean floor suddenly plunges downward is called the A. continental shelf. B. continental slope. C. abyssal plain. D. abyssal hill.?
The answer is: B. Continental slope.
What is the difference between the continental slope and the continental rise?
The continental shelf starts from the shore to a few miles out with less gradient of slope. The continental slope starts after shelf-break with a higher slope gradient, then follows the continental rise and abyssal-plain.
Describe the continental shelf slope and rise?
continental margin
