continental shelf

raised area of land which is above sea level and forms continents

The continental shelf is the extended perimeter of each continent and associated coastal plain, which is covered during interglacial periods such as the current epoch by relatively shallow seas (known as shelf seas) and gulfs. The shelf usually ends at a point of increasing slope (called the shelf break). The sea floor below the break is the continental slope. Below the slope is the continental rise, which finally merges into the deep ocean floor, the abyssal plain. As the continental shelf and the slope are part of the continental margin, both are covered in this article.
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Noun
1. the relatively shallow (up to 200 meters) seabed surrounding a continent
(hypernym) ocean floor, ocean bottom, seabed, sea bottom, Davy Jones's locker, Davy Jones

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