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continental shelf
noun
the part of a continent that is submerged in relatively shallow sea.
continental shelf
noun
the sea bed surrounding a continent at depths of up to about 200 metres (100 fathoms), at the edge of which the continental slope drops steeply to the ocean floor
continental shelf
The part of the edge of a continent between the shoreline and the continental slope. It is covered by shallow ocean waters and has a very gentle slope.
continental shelf
The region adjoining the coastline of a continent, where the ocean is no more than a few hundred feet deep. The shelf is built up from sediments washed down to the sea by rivers.
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of continental shelf1
Example Sentences
However Sheinbaum's government contends that Trump's order applies only to the US portion of the continental shelf.
Tides will now be lifting it up and down, and where it is touching the continental shelf, it will grind backwards and forwards, eroding the rock and ice.
"He says that he will call it the Gulf of America on its continental shelf," Sheinbaum previously said when Trump signed the executive order.
"He says that he will call it the Gulf of America on its continental shelf," Sheinbaum said last week.
In 2004 one called A38 grounded on its continental shelf, leaving dead penguin chicks and seal pups on beaches as massive ice chunks blocked their access to feeding grounds.
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