continental shelf
21continental shelf — noun plural continental shelves (C) technical the part of a continent 1 (1) that slopes down under the ocean and ends in a steep slope down to the bottom of the ocean …
22continental shelf — noun Date: 1892 a shallow submarine plain of varying width forming a border to a continent and typically ending in a comparatively steep slope to the deep ocean floor …
23continental shelf — the area of gently sloping sea bottom from the shore out to a depth of about 200 metres. It may be only a few kilometres offshore where the sea floor descends rapidly to great depths or may be extensive and form an accessible habitat for many… …
24continental shelf — noun The area of sea around a land mass where the depth gradually increases before it plunges into the ocean deeps …
25continental shelf — raised area of land which is above sea level and forms continents …
26Continental shelf — The portion of the sea bottom that slopes gradually from the edge of a continent. Usually defined as areas where water is less than 200 meters or 600 feet deep. California Energy Comission. Dictionary of Energy Terms …
27continental shelf — noun an area of seabed around a large land mass where the sea is relatively shallow …
28Convention on the Continental Shelf — Signed 29 April 1958 Location Geneva, Switzerland Effective 10 June 1964 Languages Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish …
29Outer Continental Shelf — See outer continental shelf for the generic geographical term Map of the Outer Continental Shelf The Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) is a peculiarity of the political geography of the United States and is the part of the internationally recognized… …
30Norwegian continental shelf — The Norwegian continental shelf is the continental shelf over which Norway exercises sovereign rights as defined by the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea.[clarification needed] It is rich in petroleum and gas and it is the base of… …
