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What are V shaped valleys in the continental shelf and continental slope are called?

V-shaped valleys in the continental shelf and slope are called submarine canyons. These are deep, steep-sided valleys that cut across the continental margin and are often formed by underwater processes such as turbidity currents or erosion by underwater currents. Submarine canyons can be comparable in scale to canyons found on land.


What is a deep steep sided valleys that originate on the continental slope and may extend to the ocean basin floor is called?

Submarine Canyons


A sharp drop-off beyond the continental shelf is called what?

A sharp drop-off beyond the continental shelf is called a continental slope. The continental slope 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


A sharp drop from a continent to an ocean basin is called what?

A sharp drop from a continent to an ocean basin is called a continental slope. This feature marks the boundary between the continental shelf and the deep ocean floor.


Why is a continental shelf physical?

It is part of a continental plate that is submerged by the ocean. At the edge of the continental shelf, the slope suddenly increases and begins to drop off, this is called the continental slope.


What does the continental shelf and the continental slope make up together?

They are both part of the larger structure called the continental margin where a continental plate meets an oceanic plate. The lower (deeper) end of the continental slope is called the continental rise.


Location of continental slope?

continental slope


What is the underwater edge of a continent called?

You can't have a continent rise from land, but you can have land rise from the continental shelf, which may be under water, and that is called an island.


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 the steep incline at the edge of the continental shelf called?

The edge is called the shelf break. The actual declining shelf is called the called the continental slope.


What are the three mountain landforms called?

Plateau, peak and slope. Valleys are the area between these forms.