Defenition of the word continental shelf

• Defenition of the word continental shelf

  • The gently sloping seabed of the shallow water nearest to a continent, covering about 45 miles from the shore and deepening over the sloping sea floor to an average depth of 400 ft.
  • the relatively shallow (up to 200 meters) seabed surrounding a continent

Hypernyms for the word continental shelf

• • Davy Jones
  • Davy Jones's locker
  • ocean bottom
  • ocean floor
  • sea bottom
  • sea floor
  • seabed

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