Webster's Online Dictionary
with Multilingual Thesaurus Translation
Specialty Expressions: continental shelves
| Expressions | Domain | Definition | |
| Continental shelves | Weather | Those parts of the continent that are covered by water. They are several to more than 322 km wide and about 122 m deep. At the edges of the shelves, the continental slopes drop rapidly from 100 to 200 m to 3000 to 3700 m. (references) | |
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