The portion of the ocean floor extending from the shoreline to the landward edge of the abyssal plain and including the continental shelf, slope, and rise.
The portion of the seafloor adjacent to a continent. It may include the continental shelf, continental slope, and continental rise.
the zone of the sea floor reaching from the continents to the abyssal plain, including the continental shelf, the continental slope, and the continental rise.
The region between the shoreline of a continent and the deep ocean basins, including the continental shelf, continental slope, and the continental rise. Also the region where thick granitic continental crust joins thinner basaltic oceanic crust.
The zone of transition from a continent to the adjacent ocean basin. It usually includes a continental shelf, continental slope, and continental rise.
n. The ocean floor from the shore of continents to the abyssal plain.
A zone separating the emergent continents from the deep-sea bottom; generally consists of the continental shelf, slope and rise.
The ocean floor from the shore of a continent to the abyssal plain.
The area between a continent's shoreline and the beginning of the ocean floor. It includes the continental shelf, continental rise, and continental slope.