continental edge

continental edge
граница континентальной отмели

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  • Continental Express Flight 2574 — Accident summary Date September 11, 1991 Type Maintenance error Site …   Wikipedia

  • Continental Ranges — Range Country Canada Regions British Columb …   Wikipedia

  • Continental, un film sans fusil — Directed by Stéphane LaFleur Produced by Luc Déry Kim McCraw Written by Stéphane LaFleur Starring Réal Bossé …   Wikipedia

  • continental shelf — n. a submerged shelf of land that begins at a continental shoreline, slopes downward gradually at an angle of about 0.1° for a variable distance, and ends at the top of a much steeper downward slope (continental slope) at an angle of about 3° to… …   English World dictionary

  • continental shelf — plural continental shelves n technical the edge of a ↑continent where it slopes down steeply to the bottom of the ocean …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • continental shelf — noun count TECHNICAL the part of the edge of a CONTINENT that slopes gradually out into the ocean and ends in a sudden steep slope in very deep water …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • Continental margin —   Sediment   …   Wikipedia

  • Continental shelf — Marine habitats Anatomy of a continental shelf off the south eastern coast of the United States Littoral zone Intertidal zone …   Wikipedia

  • continental slope — Physical Geog. a steep slope separating a continental shelf and a deep ocean basin. [1905 10] * * * Seaward border of a continental shelf. The world s combined continental slope is about 200,000 mi (300,000 km) long and descends at an average… …   Universalium

  • Continental Mark II — The Continental Mark II was a personal luxury car produced by the Continental Division of the Ford Motor Company in 1956 through 1957. Many aficionados of the automobile consider the Continental Mark II one of the classics of the postwar period.… …   Wikipedia

  • Continental collision — For general context, see Plate tectonics. Cartoon of a tectonic collision between two continents Continental collision is a phenomenon of the plate tectonics of Earth that occurs at convergent boundaries. Continental collision is a variation on… …   Wikipedia


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