Continental shelf

This diagram shows the depths of different regions of the sea floor. The continental shelf is the relatively shallow seabed that extends from the coast. The continental slope is the steeply descending seabed between the continental shelf and the deep sea ...

Oceanography: The study of Earth’s oceans. The Ocean Floor Oceanography: The study of Earth’s oceans. 1. Continental Margin Abyssal Plain 2. Deep-Ocean Basin 7. Rift Valley 3. Continental Shelf 8. Mid-Ocean Ridges 4. Continental Slope Ocean Trench 5. Continental Rise Seamount

Continental Shelf definition: A submerged border of a continent that slopes gradually and extends to a point of steeper descent to the ocean bottom.

Ocean floor diagram

The true edge of a continent is not its coastline, but its continental shelf. Continental shelves continue underwater, and eventually, drop off into the deeper parts of the oceans.

The map labels North Sea continental shelf features.

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