Continental shelf
Continental shelf noun - The relatively shallow (up to 200 meters) seabed surrounding a continent.
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Synonyms for Continental shelf
Continental slope and continental shelf are semantically related. in ocean floor by continent topic. In some cases you can use "Continental slope" instead a noun phrase "Continental shelf".
Continental slope
Continental slope noun - The steep descent of the seabed from the continental shelf to the abyssal zone.
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Synonyms for Continental slope
Continental shelf and continental slope are semantically related. Sometimes you can replace phrase "Continental shelf" with "Continental slope", this phrases are similar.
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- ocean floor and continental shelf
- ocean floor and continental slope
- sea floor and continental shelf
- sea floor and continental slope
- ocean bottom and continental shelf
- ocean bottom and continental slope
- seabed and continental shelf
- seabed and continental slope
- sea bottom and continental shelf
- sea bottom and continental slope
- territorial waters and continental shelf
- territorial waters and continental slope
- three-mile limit and continental shelf
- three-mile limit and continental slope
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