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which of the following type of slope does the continental slope have​

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Answered by kb9277105
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Continental slope – The slope is “the deepening sea floor out from the shelf edge to the upper limit of the continental rise, or the point where there is a general decrease in steepness” (IHO, 2008). On average, the slope is a narrow band ~41 km wide that encircles all continents and islands. ...

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Answered by johncarl123
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Although the continental slope averages about 4°, it can approach vertical on carbonate margins, on faulted margins, or on leading-edge, tectonically active margins. Steep slopes usually have either a very poorly developed continental rise or none at all and are called escarpments.

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