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What is the gently sloping shallow area of the ocean floor that extends outward from the edge of the continent?
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continental shelf
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What is gente sloping part of the continent that extends underwater?
Continental shelf
Gradually sloping end of a continent that extends beneath the ocean?
Continental shelf
The gently sloping shallow area that extends from the continental shore is the called the continental?
SHELFCongress, of course! Continental Congress, silly!
What is the continentel shelf?
The continental shelf is a gently sloping, shallow underwater edge of a continent that extends from the shoreline to a steeper drop-off called the continental slope. It is an important part of the ocean ecosystem and is rich in marine life. Oil, gas, and mineral resources can also be found on the continental shelf.
Shallow sloping submerged areas of economic importance are called?
Shelves
Why is Mount Tambora a shield volcano?
Because it has shallow-sloping sides.
What is a shape of a shield volcano?
shallow-sloping sides its huge in size and is built by many layers of runny lava flows gentle sloping caused by the very fluid
The gently sloping submerged surface extending from the shoreline toward the deep ocean is termed the?
This refers to the continental shelf, which is defined as a submerged landmass that is a shallow extension of a continent. The end of a continental shelf is at a point called the shelf break.
The gently sloping margins of a continent submerged beneath the sea?
valley
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
What is the meaning of the word 'ford' in The Hobbit?
A ford is a river crossing. It is usually a shallow water area with gently sloping banks.
What is an platform?
An abrasion platform is a sloping or flat bedrock surface extending out from the foot of a marine cliff under shallow water of a breaker zone, created by marine abrasion.
