Question

What are the differences between the continental shelf and the Continental Slope?

Answer 1

Answer:- The shelf usually ends at a point of increasing slope (called the shelf break). The sea floor below the break is the continental slope. Below the slope is the continental rise, which finally merges into the deep ocean floor, the abyssal plain. The continental shelf and the slope are part of the continental margin.

Answer 2

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• ɪᴛ ɪꜱ ᴛʜᴇ ᴄᴏᴀꜱᴛᴀʟ ᴘᴀʀᴛ ᴏꜰ ᴛʜᴇ ᴏᴄᴇᴀɴ ᴡʜɪᴄʜ ɪꜱ ɴᴏᴛ ᴠᴇʀʏ ᴅᴇᴇᴘ ᴀɴᴅ ᴛʜᴇ ꜱʟᴏᴘᴇ ᴏꜰ ᴛʜᴇᴇ ʙᴜᴛᴛᴏᴍ ɪꜱ ᴠᴇʀʏ ɢᴇɴᴛʟᴇ .

• ᴛʜᴇʏ ᴏᴄᴄᴜᴘʏ ᴀʙᴏᴜᴛ 7% ᴏꜰ ᴛʜᴇ ᴛᴏᴛᴀʟ ᴏᴄᴇᴀɴ ᴀʀᴇᴀ .

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• ᴛʜᴇʏ ᴄᴏᴠᴇʀ ᴀʙᴏᴜᴛ 8.5% ᴏꜰ ᴛʜᴇ ᴛᴏᴛᴀʟ ᴏᴄᴇᴀɴ ᴀʀᴇᴀ .