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Definition of Continental shelf
1. Noun. The relatively shallow (up to 200 meters) seabed surrounding a continent.
Definition of Continental shelf
1. Noun. (nautical) The area of sea around a land mass where the depth gradually increases before it plunges into the ocean deeps ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Continental Shelf
Literary usage of Continental shelf
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Geographical Journal by Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain). (1907)
"A satisfactory exploration of the North Polar continental shelf would therefore
be a great achievement worth trying, compared with which the question ..."
2. Forest Physiography: Physiography of the United States and Principles of by Isaiah Bowman (1911)
"RELATION TO THE continental shelf The seaward limit of the coastal lowlands on
the southeastern border of the United States is a steep scarp which marks the ..."
3. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1905)
"... outer portion of the channel near the border of the continental shelf, where
the channel suddenly becomes a gorge 2400 feet deep in the submerged plain. ..."
4. Report of the Annual Meeting (1889)
"Sea Temperatures on the continental shelf.1 By HUGH ROBERT MILL, D.Sc., ...
This portion of the continental shelf is terraced, and the slope varies in ..."
5. History of Domestic and Foreign Commerce of the United States by Emory Richard Johnson, Thurman William Van Metre, Grover Gerhardt Huebner, David Scott Hanchet (1922)
"The continental shelf and the fisheries, 5. Shore line and harbors, 6. The rivers,
the fur trade, and water power, 7. Glaciation and its consequences, 8. ..."
6. Geology by Thomas Chrowder Chamberlin, Rollin D. Salisbury (1906)
"Particularly may this be true of channels at the outer edge of the continental
shelf, where the abysmal slope joins the more nearly horizontal surface of ..."
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