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 In some cases you can replace phrase "Continental shelf" with "Continental slope", this phrases are similar.
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. You can use "Continental slope" instead a noun phrase "Continental shelf".
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- ocean floor and continental slope
- ocean floor and continental shelf
- sea floor and continental slope
- sea floor and continental shelf
- ocean bottom and continental slope
- ocean bottom and continental shelf
- seabed and continental slope
- seabed and continental shelf
- sea bottom and continental slope
- sea bottom and continental shelf
- territorial waters and continental slope
- territorial waters and continental shelf
- three-mile limit and continental slope
- three-mile limit and continental shelf
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