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Definition of: continental shelf

Geog.
The submerged border of a continent, of varying width and degree of slope, which separates the land mass from the ocean depths.

Most often used phrases:

outer continental shelf
norwegian continental shelf
continental shelf boundary
extended continental shelf
continental shelf ocs
north sea continental shelf
continental shelf lands
continental shelf waters
united kingdom continental shelf
continental shelf research
shallow continental shelf
continental shelf cases
continental shelf area
continental shelf areas
continental shelf act

'continental shelf' used in domains:

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"continental shelf" has the frequency of use of 0.0001% on en.wikipedia.org.

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