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Location of continental slope?

continental slope


List the subdivisions of the continenal margin?

The three parts of the continental margins are the Continental shelf, the Continental slope, and the Continental rise.


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 are the five sections ocean life?

Continental slope, Continental Rise, Continental Slope, Seamont, Trench


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.


What are some creatures that live at the continental slope?

Octopuses and squid live on the continental slope.


What are slope canyons?

Slope canyons are narrow, deep channels carved into the seafloor on the continental slope. They are typically formed by a combination of erosional processes like underwater landslides, turbidity currents, and the movement of sediment down the continental slope. Slope canyons play a crucial role in transporting sediment and nutrients from the continental shelf to the deep ocean.


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.


Which of the following is NOT a continental margin continental shelf continental slope?

A continental margin is NOT a part of a continent. It is the submerged outer edge of a continent that includes the continental shelf, continental slope, and continental rise.


The continental shelf, continental slope, and continental rise to form the?

continental margin


What is the difference between continental shelf and slope?

The continental shelf is a flattish area which extends from the shore out into the ocean and is made of continental crust. This ends in a slope (the continental slope) which descends to the abyssal plane, which is made of oceanic crust.


How do continental slope and continental shelf form?

Abrasion