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Definition of Continental slope

1. Noun. The steep descent of the seabed from the continental shelf to the abyssal zone.

Definition of Continental slope

1. Noun. (geology) The steep, narrow fringe separating the coastal zone from the deep ocean ¹

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Continental Slope

Literary usage of Continental slope

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. College Physiography by Ralph Stockman Tarr, Lawrence Martin (1914)
"The continental slope. — On each side of the Atlantic the ... This continental slope is not to be thought of as precipitous, though it may be locally. ..."

2. Report of the Annual Meeting (1899)
"The suboceanic continental slope may be traced along the south-east side of ... Increased steepness of the sub- oceanic continental slope as the depths of ..."

3. The Geographical Journal by Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain) (1899)
"But there is a vast difference between this platform and the sub-oceanic continental slope which leads down to the great oceanic abyss ; the phenomena ..."

4. United Arab Emirates: A New Perspective by Ibrahim Abed, Peter Hellyer (2001)
"Continental shelves vary in width from a few kilometres to over 1000 km. continental slope & rise: the two form the slope (upper part, to perhaps 1500 m) of ..."

5. The Depth and Marine Deposits of the Pacific by John Murray, G. V. Lee (1909)
"The continental slope extends from the mud-line (100 fathoms) down to the mean sphere level, 1450 fathoms.1 The continental slope, and similar areas around ..."

6. The Bathymetrical Features of the North Polar Seas: With a Discussion of the by Fridtjof Nansen (1904)
"The continental slope is on the whole very gentle in this region between ... It is a striking fact that in this region the continental slope seems to be ..."

7. Geological Magazine by Henry Woodward (1903)
"The ' continental slope ' has been called an escarpment, though the term was ... Neither must we regard the existence of a well-marked continental slope as ..."

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