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The portion of land that extends into the ocean is called the continental?
shelf
What do you call the part of a continent that extends underwater?
Land. Continental shelf.
The portion of land the extends Into the ocean is called continental?
continental shelf peninsula
What is the land under an ocean at the edge of a continent called?
The land under an ocean at the edge of a continent is called the continental shelf. This is the shallow submerged portion of a continent that extends from the shoreline to the continental slope.
What is the part of a continent that is under water called?
The part of a continent that is under water is called a continental shelf. It is the shallow submerged edge of a continent that extends from the shoreline to a steeper drop-off called the continental slope.
The portion of the land mass that extends into the ocean is called the?
The portion of the land mass that extends into the ocean is called the coastline or shoreline.
What is the name of the relatively flat submerged portion of sea floor that extends from land to the continental slope?
It is the continental shelf.
What three regions make up the continental margin that extends from the land into the ocean?
I don't think it is the continental shelf
What is the submerged land at the edge of a continent called?
The submerged land at the edge of a continent is called the continental shelf. It is an underwater landmass that extends from the shoreline to the 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.
What is the term for part of a continent that extends outward from the landmass beneath relatively shallow seawater?
The continental shelf is the term for part of a continent that extends outward from the landmass beneath shallow seawater. The drop-off point of a continental shelf is called the shelf break. From this point, the continental goes down to the deep ocean floor.
Continental shelf is part of what?
the continental shelf begins at the shoreline and slopes gently toward the open ocean the continental rise is the base of the continental slope, which is made up of large pites of sediment the continental slope is the edge of the continental shelf
