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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.
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What does the continental slope look like?
Ocean floor from the edge of the continental shelf to the continental rise
This area is between the continental slope and ocean basin?
Between the continental slope and the ocean basin is the continental rise
What is the correct order of features on the continental margin moving from land out to sea?
land -> continental shelf -> continental slope -> continental rise -> ocean floor.
What area is between the continental slope and ocean basin?
continental rises
What is two differences between the continental crust and oceanic crust?
The oceanic plate is thin, dense, and makes up the ocean floor. The continental plate is less-dense, thick, and make up the continents.
What is the Steep boundary between the continental landmass and the ocean basin?
the answer to the question is: continental slope
The relatively steep transition between the continental shelf and the ocean basin is the?
the continental slope
Description about topography of ocean floor?
The relationship between the existence of the plume influence and ocean floor topography.
What is the deep steep side valley that originate on the continental slope and may extend to the ocean basin floor called?
Submarine Canyons
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
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.
What are the 3 main regions of the ocean floor?
The ocean floor is divided into the Continental Shelf, the Continental Slope, and the Continental Rise.
What are the three regions of the ocean floor?
the continental Margin, Ocean Basin Floor and Mid-Ocean ridge :D
What are the levels of the ocean called?
The continental shelf, continental slop and the ocean floor
How deep is the continintal slope?
The slope is the steep transitional area between the shelf and rise. The continental slope depth for the Atlantic Ocean is 3900 meters or in other words 12800 feet.
What is separates the continental shelf from the ocean floor?
continental slope. :)
What is a Steep mountain resting on the ocean floor?
Face Mountain
