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I don't know. I wonder myself. But here's a simplistic guess: ... take the east coast of the USA. North America basically split apart from Europe/Africa. The Atlantic trench keeps bringing magma/lava up to the ocean floor, pushing Europe/Africa and the Americas further apart from each other. Maybe the end of the continental shelf is the location where Pangaea split apart? Forming a deep hole, which has stretched out further and further and covers most of the Atlantic. So the shelf could easily be above sea level, or maybe it was at one time in the past? I don't know why continents have plains above sea level while the oceans have plains *so much* lower in altitude, nor do I know why sea level is at a very close level to the continental shelf.
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The continental shelf continental slope and continental rise combine to form what?
The continental shelf, continental slope, and continental rise combine to form the continental margin.
What do the continental shelf continental slope and continental rise combine to form?
The continental shelf, continental slope, and continental rise combine to form the continental margin. The continental margin is the transition zone between the continent and the deep ocean basin.
What continental shelf continental slope and continental rise combine to form the?
The continental shelf, continental slope, and continental rise together form the continental margin. The continental margin is the submerged edge of a continent that consists of these three distinct but connected features.
What do The continental shelf continental slope and continental rise combine to form the?
The continental shelf, continental slope, and continental rise combine to form the continental margin, which is the submerged outer edge of a continent that extends from the shoreline to the deep ocean floor.
What does The continental shelf continental slope and continental rise combine to form?
The continental shelf, continental slope, and continental rise together form the continental margin. This is the outer edge of a continent where it transitions to the ocean basin. The continental margin is characterized by these three distinct topographical features.
The continental shelf continental slope and continental rise combine to form what?
The continental shelf, continental slope, and continental rise combine to form the continental margin.
How do continental slope and continental shelf form?
Abrasion
The continental shelf, continental slope, and continental rise to form the?
continental margin
What do the continental shelf continental slope and continental rise combine to form?
The continental shelf, continental slope, and continental rise combine to form the continental margin. The continental margin is the transition zone between the continent and the deep ocean basin.
What continental shelf continental slope and continental rise combine to form the?
The continental shelf, continental slope, and continental rise together form the continental margin. The continental margin is the submerged edge of a continent that consists of these three distinct but connected features.
What do The continental shelf continental slope and continental rise combine to form the?
The continental shelf, continental slope, and continental rise combine to form the continental margin, which is the submerged outer edge of a continent that extends from the shoreline to the deep ocean floor.
Coral reefs form in which portion of the Continental margin?
continental shelf
In which portion does coral reefs form in the continental margin?
Continental shelf
What does The continental shelf continental slope and continental rise combine to form?
The continental shelf, continental slope, and continental rise together form the continental margin. This is the outer edge of a continent where it transitions to the ocean basin. The continental margin is characterized by these three distinct topographical features.
What continental shelf continental slope and continental rise combine to form the what?
The continental shelf, continental slope, and continental rise combine to form the continental margin. The continental margin is the outer edge of a continent that includes these three regions and extends from the shoreline to the deep ocean floor.
Method in which continental shelf are form?
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The portion of land that extends into the ocean is called the continental?
shelf
